Vicar's 9/11 Facebook post investigated by Church

The Church of England is investigating a vicar accused of posting an article on Facebook blaming Israel for the 9/11 attacks in the US.

 The Reverend writer Sizer, vicar of Christ Church, in Virginia Water, Surrey, allegedly denote a link to a commentary entitled: "9/11 Israel did it."

He reportedly wrote: "Is this anti-Semitic? It raises such a big amount of queries."

Mr Sizer later removed the link and apologised for his "ill-considered and misguided" actions.

The bishopric of Guildford aforesaid it absolutely was taking "immediate steps" to analyze.

A spokesperson for the bishopric - that oversees man Sizer - aforesaid it absolutely was a matter of "deep sorrow and shame" that the posts appeared within the same week because the seventieth day of the liberation of stockade.

"Our attention has been drawn to comments by the Rev writer Sizer on social media.

"In those comments Rev Sizer joined to a commentary entitled '9/11 Israel did it'," the spokesperson aforesaid.
 
'Beyond absurd'

"These comments would justifiedly be seen as unacceptable whenever they were denote.

"It may be a matter of deep sorrow and shame that they need been denote during this week of all weeks."

He other the bishopric was "aware of the seriousness of the matter" and was conjointly in reality with the Board of Deputies of British Jews.

In a statement, man Sizer said: "It was notably insensitive in this last week coincided with Holocaust national holiday.

"I removed the link as presently as I received adverse feedback, and realized that offence had been caused.

"I have not believed Israel or the other country was complicit within the terrorist atrocity of 9/11, and my sharing of this material was ill-judged and misguided."

He other that at the request of the bishopric, he wouldn't be mistreatment social media or blogs till additional notice.

BBC non secular affairs correspondent King of England Wyatt aforesaid man Sizer had a history of disputes with somebody community leaders over web log postings on Israel and Zionism.

In 2013, he and therefore the Board of Deputies of British Jews reached a mediate agreement geared toward ending a long-running dispute over postings on his web log.

Jonathan Arkush, vice-president of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, told the somebody News: "Posting, and giving approval to, a commentary that in impact accuses Jews of responsibility for the 9/11 atrocity is certainly anti-Semitic, even as it's on the far side absurd."