Calvin Robinson, priest-in-charge at St. Paul’s Anglican Catholic Church, was defrocked Thursday, Jan. 29, after church leadership learned he’d made the controversial salute to a crowd at the National Pro-Life Summit on Jan. 25 in Washington, D.C.

The now-former priest, who’s also a popular far-right British commentator, told the crowd, “The people who understand, cheer… The people who do not, reach for their pitchforks.” Erm!

Musk clapped his right hand onto his heart and then thrusted his arm straight outward at an angle with his palm facing down.

Rev. Calvin Robinson, Priest-in-charge of the St. Paul's Anglican Catholic Church (ACC) on Lake Michigan Drive in Grand Rapids, is no longer serving as a priest in the church and has had his license in the church revoked.

Robinson has defended the gesture, with which he concluded his speech at the National Pro-Life Summit last week, as an ‘attempt at dry wit.’

A British priest who delivered an Elon Musk-inspired, straight-armed salute during his address to a pro-life gathering last week has been kicked out of his church. The Anglican Catholic Church announced Wednesday that Father Calvin Robinson is “no longer serving as a priest” in the denomination.

The tech billionaire stiffly extended his arm to the crowd twice in a gesture similar to a Nazi salute during Trump's inauguration event

Father Calvin Robinson was booted from the Anglican Catholic Church's ministry after repeated warnings about his political activities

A British priest's unexpected gesture at a pro-life summit has ignited a social media storm, drawing comparisons to a controversial salute linked to Elon Musk.