“Priests are certainly called to support the Church’s teaching on the sanctity of life and on a range of other doctrinal issues; but they are not called to provoke, to troll, or to behave uncharitably, even to their foes,” the ACC said. “This is not ‘woke’ doctrine; it is basic Christian teaching and consistent with the expectations the ACC has of its priests.”
Robinson later linked to the statement in a social media post, expressing frustration that no one in denominational leadership had spoken with him personally.
“My parishioners and I have still not been permitted a conversation with Archbishop Mark Haverland,” Robinson said. “He has, however, just released another press statement.”
ChurchLeaders has reached out to Calvin Robinson for comment and will update this article in the event of a response.