I thought Coughlin was an outright communist.
I'm confused about him, he SUPPORTED FDR, then in the 1930's became his harshest critic, was threatened by the KKK and spoke out AGAINST communism, the USSR and Henry Ford the capitalist, go figure. He also knew that the federal reserve bank was a private institution.
The Post Office also banned his weekly newspaper, Social Justice, from the mail!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Charles Edward Coughlin retired from the Shrine of the Little Flower Church in 1966. He continued to write pamphlets denouncing Communism until his death on 27th October, 1979.