‘Church aided the pile-on’ of curate’s Captain Tom tweet

Senior clergy call on church to act after Jarel Robinson-Brown subjected to racist abuse and death threatsA prominent clergyman has accused the Church of England of aiding a backlash against a trainee priest who tweeted there was a “cult of white British nationalism” surrounding Captain Sir Tom Moore, who died last week.Andrew Foreshew-Cain, chaplain of Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, told the Observer: “What Jarel [Robinson-Brown] tweeted was actually very respectful of Captain Tom, but he raised questions about some of those lionising him. There has been a pile-on in response, and the church has aided that.” Continue reading... https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/07/church-aided-the-pile-on-of-curates-captain-tom-tweet #religion #twitter #uk_news #internet #media #race #justin_welby