Dr Sizer is cleared

Posted: 03 May 2012 @ 00:00

by Ed Thornton

THE Crown Prosecution Service has decided that a cleric who was accused of posting anti-Semitic content online did not commit any criminal offence. The Revd Dr Stephen Sizer, Vicar of Christ Church, Virginia Water, in Surrey, was investigated by Surrey Police after a complaint was made about an article he posted on his Facebook page (News, 16 March).

A statement issued by Surrey Police on Tuesday of last week said: ...

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