A British pastor was sentenced by his own church on Thursday after receiving a national blow to the late hero British Army veteran Captain Sir Tom Moore as “a cult of white British nationalism.”
Reverend Jarel Robinson-Brown caused a firestorm as prime minister on Wednesday Boris Johnson led the tribute to Moore, the 100-year-old World War II veterinarian who raised nearly $ 45 million for primary care health workers during the pandemic.
Moore died on Tuesday after becoming infected with COVID-19 himself.
“Captain Tom’s cult is a cult of white British nationalism,” the Church of England black pastor wrote, according to Sky News.
“I will pray for the peace of his kind and generous soul, but I will not participate in the ‘National Clap’.”
Robinson-Brown, who was recently appointed to the oldest church in the City of London, later offered “an unconditional apology for the insensitive timing and content of my tweet regarding the blow to Captain Tom,” Sky said.
After a torrent of outrage, he deleted his first message – and it turned out to be Thursday deleted his Twitter account.
The Diocese of London announced Thursday that “an assessment is underway, led by the Archdeacon of London.”
Jarel Robinson-Brown’s comments about Captain Sir Tom Moore were unacceptable, insensitive and poorly assessed, the diocese said.
“The fact that he immediately deleted his tweet and then apologized does not undo the pain he caused, not least to Captain Tom’s family,” the statement added, also condemning the “racist abuse “it caused for Robinson-Brown.