Sizer withdraws membership

Stephen Sizer, the Anglican vicar recently found by an Ecclesiastical tribunal to have engaged in anti-Semitic activity, has now withdrawn his membership at an evangelical church.

Sizer was the subject of an excoriating ruling last December, despite many allegations of anti-Semitic behaviour not being accepted. It has since emerged that he and his wife were members of the Above Bar Church in Southampton. The church – an FIEC member – has confirmed that the Sizers have decided to withdraw their church membership.

FIEC national director John Stevens confirmed that the organisation has been helping the elders at Above Bar Church in their response to the ruling. He said: ‘Inevitably as a result of this tribunal and its decision, the church wanted our help to think about how it should properly deal with Stephen Sizer in membership, pastorally and appropriately.’