Charlie Kirk’s pastor spoke out against podcaster Candace Owens for peddling conspiracy theories about the conservative activist’s death last week.

Rob McCoy, who ran the faith division of Kirk’s Turning Point USA, wrote in a statement Tuesday that Kirk “was a friend to Candace and never publicly spoke poorly of her though he disagreed with her.”

“He never operated nor entertained gossip or innuendo concerning Candace,” McCoy wrote before contrasting that description with Owen’s behavior after Kirk’s death.

“I only wish at this tragic time of mourning she would be the friend to Charlie that he was to her. He would never have treated Candace or her family in such a way had God forbid this tragedy been hers,” he wrote.

McCoy described himself as a friend and pastor of Kirk, often app

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