Archbishop Justin Welby: Church has helped spread antisemitism

Most Rev Justin Welby made the comment in an essay for the Holocaust Education Trust, which recently asked leaders in religious and public life to submit their thoughts on antisemitism for its new ‘Lessons Learned?’ project.

The Trust says ‘Lessons Learned?’ comes after an 11 percent rise in antisemitism last year, including language and imagery relating to the Holocaust where 11 millions Jews and others were murdered.

London Mayor Sadiq Khan, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government Sajid Javed and SNP MP Angus Robertson were among those who also submitted essays to ‘Lessons Learned?’.

Mr Welby said: “Antisemitism is an insidious evil… It is a shameful truth that, through its theological teachings, the church, which should have offered an antidote, compounded the spread of this virus.

“The fact that antisemitism has infected the body of the Church is something of which we as Christians must be deeply repentant.

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