Fr. Calvin Robinson: A Profile in Courage

<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW180913550 BCX4"> <p><span data-contrast="auto">Few people, particularly in the U.K., have shown the kind of courageous, tenacious commitment to truth as media personality, minister, conservative commentator, and Anglican deacon</span> <a href= "https://twitter.com/calvinrobinson?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor"> <span data-contrast="none">Fr. Calvin Robinson. </span></a> <span data-contrast="auto">In 2020, aft</span><span data-contrast= "none">er discerning a call to church ministry, Robinson left a career in teaching to pursue a degree in theology through</span> <a href= "https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/05/22/black-conservative-trainee-vicar-blocked-joining-church-england/"> <span data-contrast="none">St. Stephen’s House, Oxford</span></a><span data-contrast="none">. In 2022, he applied for a curacy within the London Diocese of the Church of England. </span><span data-ccp-props= "{"201341983":0,"335559731":720,"335559739":0,"335559740":480}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="none">Robinson, a British citizen of mixed race, learned that his application had been held up due to his opinions on Critical Race Theory. Earlier, Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby declared that the Church of England was “</span><a href= "https://www.archbishopofcanterbury.org/node/1224/printable/print"><span data-contrast="none">deeply institutionally racist</span></a><span data-contrast="none">,” a statement with which Robinson took issue. When it became clear that church leaders were dragging their feet over his placement, Robinson requested access to the files pertaining to his case. He learned that the Church of England, not the “broad church” many assumed, was rejecting him for his</span> <a href= "https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10840691/Black-priest-Calvin-Robertson-said-Britain-NOT-racist-country-BLOCKED-priest.html"> <span data-contrast="none">outspoken conservative views</span></a><span data-contrast= "none">. </span><span data-ccp-props= "{"20134198