(May 27, 2025 / JNS) A school bus driver in Brooklyn has been suspended after delivering an unsolicited and deeply troubling religious lecture to a group of elementary school students, including antisemitic remarks that left at least one child in tears, the New York Post reported on Monday.

The incident occurred during a morning route to Brooklyn Prospect International Elementary Charter School. According to accounts by parents and students, the driver abruptly pulled the bus over and launched into a religious rant, proclaiming Jesus as the only savior and encouraging the children to accept Christian beliefs.

“The only one who can deliver you isn’t religion, it’s Jesus,” the driver reportedly said, while handing out white hats inscribed with a black cross and the words, “I Am With You Always.” He also allegedly asked the children to join him in prayer and spoke at length about sin, salvation and the afterlife.