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An FBI informant inside the Catholic Church, to keep tabs on all those Latin mass aficionados?
American Thinker ^ | 11 Apr, 2023 | Monica Showalter

Posted on 04/11/2023 4:27:28 AM PDT by MtnClimber

Seems this operation was a lot bigger than just an errant policy paper from a local field office.

When news broke a few weeks ago about the FBI targeting the Catholic Church's Latin mass enthusiasts as part of the great Joe Biden hunt for "extremists," outrage ensured, and the bureau moved quickly to dismiss the matter as the doing of an errant field office, which put out a bum policy paper. It certainly wasn't the FBI's policy to target Americans for their beliefs, FBI Director Christopher Wray testified, adding that the miscreants in the Richmond local field office would be given refresher courses to put them back on the straight and narrow. Never mind that they'd committed a violation of the First Amendment rights of American citizens under the Constitution. The refresher courses would fix everything.

Well, now it turns out there was more to the matter than simply a bad policy paper from the FBI's local yokels out in the Richmond backwoods who didn't understand the First Amendment.

According to National Review:

As part of its effort to identify extremists in the Catholic Church, the FBI recruited at least one “undercover employee” to “develop sources among the clergy and church leadership,” Representative Jim Jordan (R., Ohio) revealed Monday.

Jordan, the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, issued a subpoena demanding FBI director Christopher Wray testify and provide more information to Congress about the federal agency’s intelligence-gathering initiative targeting Catholic Americans.

Meaning, it was more than a policy paper, it was an anti-Catholic operation that was advanced pretty far along, complete with the recruiting of at least one informant.

Who the heck was this informant for this illegal act, how'd they find this character, how did the FBI make the recruitment pitch, and how much taxpayer money...

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Religion; Society
KEYWORDS: firstammendment
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1 posted on 04/11/2023 4:27:28 AM PDT by MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber

In this war against Christian white people, I would wager that the radical mosques are ignored.


2 posted on 04/11/2023 4:27:50 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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“Latin mass enthusiasts”

I was a big fan when they changed from Latin to local languages. But recently having become a world traveler there was a big benefit to the Latin mass in that the mass would basically be the same for whatever country you were, and therefore understandable.


3 posted on 04/11/2023 4:35:04 AM PDT by where's_the_Outrage? (Drain the Swamp. Build the Wall.)
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To: MtnClimber

FBI in 2023 = The Gaystapo.


4 posted on 04/11/2023 4:35:23 AM PDT by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: MtnClimber
It certainly wasn't the FBI's policy to target Americans for their beliefs, FBI Director Christopher Wray testified,

Who the hell believes Wray? Every week is another story about the FBI abusing American lives. There are zero good FBI agents. The so-called good ones are all complicit in their silence.

5 posted on 04/11/2023 4:36:03 AM PDT by ConservativeInPA ("How did you go bankrupt?" Bill asked. "Two ways," Mike said. "Gradually and then suddenly." )
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To: MtnClimber
It certainly wasn't the FBI's policy to target Americans for their beliefs, FBI Director Christopher Wray lied, like they lying sack of crap that he is.

Looks like the feebs aren't just the new KGB. They're also the new KKK.

FBkkkgBI?

6 posted on 04/11/2023 4:39:51 AM PDT by Sirius Lee (They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
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To: MtnClimber

Since Joe and Nancy are both at odds against the Catholic Church, I can see how they would instruct Wray to target them. And the Catholic Church operates “Right to Life” a pro-life organization. They are also pro-nuclear family, another lifestyle the Democrats are 100% against. The Catholic Church threatens the Democrat agenda completely. So the Democrats would seek to destroy or neuter it, make it a non-threat. So labeling parts of it as a terrorist threat is believable. I mean, mainstream democrats already label anything they don’t like as fascism. Jose has even said things like that. The odd thing is, Latin mass is attended by mostly Mexican and South Amercian immigrants.


7 posted on 04/11/2023 4:43:43 AM PDT by realcleanguy (quickly things are falling apart, now that the )
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To: MtnClimber

Hmmm...just read an FR article on worms in the Church and now another one. Who knew?


8 posted on 04/11/2023 4:44:52 AM PDT by Qwapisking ("IF the Second goes first the First goes second" L.Star )
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To: MtnClimber

So he lied to congress. I am sure Garland is preparing charges as we speak.


9 posted on 04/11/2023 4:51:47 AM PDT by pas
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This is another example of why the USA is finished.


10 posted on 04/11/2023 4:58:17 AM PDT by Jolla ( )
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To: MtnClimber

It’s easy to spot the informants who infiltrate churches- they are the ones always looking at the ceiling and ducking whenever they hear a noise.


11 posted on 04/11/2023 5:07:18 AM PDT by Bob434 (question )
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They were worried about those old ladies selling contraband rosaries


12 posted on 04/11/2023 5:24:41 AM PDT by escapefromboston (Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none.)
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As an Alter Boy back in the 40s, I grew up learning Latin and loving the 'Traditional Mass'. There is still a Church in Pittsburgh that has retained the Latin Mass and every once in a while, I'll drive the extra 27 miles {each way} to engage in a Latin Mass.

It's probably the memories, but I feel better after attending a Latin Mass.

13 posted on 04/11/2023 5:28:47 AM PDT by USS Alaska (NUKE ALL MOOSELIMB TERRORISTS, NOW.)
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The odd thing is, Latin mass is attended by mostly Mexican and South Amercian immigrants.

Not that I've seen. It has its own subculture ... women in long skirts and veils, men in coats and ties, lots of kids ... what a healthy America used to look like on a Sunday morning.

Joe serves his master Obama who serves his master Soros, who serves _his_ master, Satan. Satan knows who the real enemy is.

14 posted on 04/11/2023 5:34:26 AM PDT by Campion (Everything is a grace, everything is the direct effect of our Father's love - Little Flower)
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To: MtnClimber

Bet the KGB has informants in every church in America monitoring the Pastors.


15 posted on 04/11/2023 5:43:17 AM PDT by bray (Order at TheRepublicofTexas.store)
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Read about what the former gay mayor of Houston did. She demanded copies of sermons before they were preached from the pulpit? That is the kind of Democrat we are dealing with.


16 posted on 04/11/2023 5:49:00 AM PDT by Texas_Guy
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To: MtnClimber

This can be understood only if you accept the fact that the left, which commands the fbi, is hell-bent on eliminating Christianity.


17 posted on 04/11/2023 5:52:49 AM PDT by I want the USA back (No one is assigned sex at birth. One's sex is noted and recorded. My pronouns Haha, hehe, hoho, hoo )
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It depends on where you live. When I lived in SoCal, it was mostly Latin Americans in the Latin mass. No Latin mass where I live now. Does Joe serve Satan? Absolutely. In fact his stance on defending trans rights over normal healthy intelligent people demonstrates that. the god that trans people serve is a kin to Satan, who is depicted with male genitalia and breasts, with horns. And it is a god of sexuality and of immorality, who is aggressive. And we see that in these people as of late. Demanding rights, and wanting to groom children. Much like Sodom and Gomorrah. I have to say that just when I think it can’t get worse in the US, it gets worse. I do know within this trans group is a sub group calling themselves “Minor attracted person” another name for pedophile. They are trying to get acceptance and recognition as normal behavior. Which is part of the drag queens grooming kids and schools grooming kids. Just when you think they can’t go lower, they do.


18 posted on 04/11/2023 5:54:25 AM PDT by realcleanguy (quickly things are falling apart, now that the )
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To: I want the USA back

Christians will not do what the Communist Party requires of its slaves.


19 posted on 04/11/2023 5:55:08 AM PDT by bray (Order at TheRepublicofTexas.store)
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To: Jolla

This is another example of why the USA is finished.

************

Cultural rot, greed, corruption, lawlessness, a broken political system, national breakdown of morals and ethics, etc. Yep, we’re definitely on the skids.


20 posted on 04/11/2023 6:58:19 AM PDT by Starboard
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