An Arizona community college has fired a professor who promoted the QAnon conspiracy theory to students, according to the Phoenix New Times.

At the beginning of the fall semester at Mesa Community College, English professor Douglas Belmore reportedly showed students a 14-minute video about the unfounded theory, which claims a conspiracy of Satanists and pedophiles control the world and that President Trump Donald John TrumpFederal prosecutor speaks out, says Barr 'has brought shame' on Justice Dept. Former Pence aide: White House staffers discussed Trump refusing to leave office Progressive group buys domain name of Trump's No. 1 Supreme Court pick MORE is secretly undermining them.

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"According to my understanding, his services were no longer needed," Mesa spokeswoman Dawn Zimmer told the local paper.

Belmore tweeted on Saturday that he was fired for "shar[ing] Q w/a class."

My name is Doug. ✝️

I have taught English in higher education (in California, Arizona, New Mexico, and South Korea) for three decades. At Mesa College, I shared Q w/ a class.

I was fired.



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Pima Collegehttps://t.co/e1XakqlDZW pic.twitter.com/mfYIbiQLde — Douglas Belmore (@BelmoreDouglas) September 15, 2019

A first-year student who spoke to the New Times on condition of anonymity told the newspaper that the class had been taught by a substitute since Aug. 27.

Students in August said Belmore spent a significant portion of his classes talking about the conspiracy theory, with one saying “you have politics being spouted at you for an hour instead of being taught actual English stuff."

The conspiracy theory has been linked to several violent incidents, including the alleged murder of reputed Gambino family mob boss Francesco Calli by a man who, according to his attorney, believed he was acting on Trump’s behalf. The FBI has identified it as a potential terror threat.