Sizer Tribunal: ‘Anti-Semitic behaviour,’ ‘conduct unbecoming’ & ‘implausible and untrue’ account

After years of controversy, Stephen Sizer has been found to have engaged in anti-Semitic behaviour by sharing a ‘deeply abhorrent’ online article about 9-11, knowing it would be offensive to the Jewish community.

And in a damning indictment of Sizer’s credibility, a bishop’s disciplinary Tribunal cast doubt on his honesty – rejecting parts of his evidence as ‘implausible and untrue’. It also ruled that Sizer had engaged in a ‘regrettable pattern of behaviour’ that fell short of the standard expected of an ordained minister.

The 69-year-old retired evangelical vicar faced discipline under the Clergy Disciplinary Measure (CDM) 2003 after a complaint by the Board of Deputies of British Jews. It followed several incidents between 2005 and 2018 in which Sizer, well known for his opposition to Christian Zionism, shared online articles and associated with or shared platforms with anti-Jewish and pro-Palestinian figures.