Church of England will apologise for the expulsion of Jews in the 13th Century – despite not being created until hundreds of years later

The Church of England is planning a symbolic service to apologise for the medieval expulsion of Jews 800 years ago.

Anglican leaders announced the plans at a meeting of the General Synod – the legislative body for the Church of England – in a bid to address the recent and ‘rapidly worsening anti-Semitism in the UK’.

Although the Church of England was not created until after the Reformation, leaders are planning a ‘symbolic repentance’ to sever ties with the historical role the English church played in fuelling anti-Semitism in the past.