British theologians called on the Anglican Church to pay reparations for promoting the slave trade, recalling that slavery flourished for 500 years, and the church prefers to pass over the topic in silence, Sedmitsa reports.

This issue was discussed in a panel discussion co-hosted by the Churches of Great Britain and Ireland as part of the Black History Month in Great Britain.

A group of Christian thinkers said the church has a moral obligation to pay compensation for its involvement in the slave trade.