Posted on 11/20/2025 1:47:14 PM PST by aomagrat
WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Monday afternoon, an article titled, “White House to meet clergy with ties to pro-war Russian Orthodox Church” was published by Laura Kelly of The Hill. This article was written about meetings between Orthodox laypeople, priests, and bishops with members of the Trump administration that are set to take place Tuesday on Capitol Hill. The topic of discussion is the persecution of the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC).
In that article, it was reported that Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC) had written a draft letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi asking her to investigate “whether the Russian Federation or its intelligence services have sought to recruit, leverage, influence or compromise U.S.-based Orthodox churches with ties to Moscow.”
(Excerpt) Read more at uoj.news ...
Dear FRiends,
We need your continuing support to keep FR funded. Your donations are our sole source of funding. No sugar daddies, no advertisers, no paid memberships, no commercial sales, no gimmicks, no tax subsidies. No spam, no pop-ups, no ad trackers.
If you enjoy using FR and agree it's a worthwhile endeavor, please consider making a contribution today:
Click here: to donate by Credit Card
Or here: to donate by PayPal
Or by mail to: Free Republic, LLC - PO Box 9771 - Fresno, CA 93794
Thank you very much and God bless you,
Jim
Ping!
Yo, nutter Joe!
“whether the Russian Federation or its intelligence services have sought to recruit, leverage, influence or compromise U.S.-based Orthodox churches with ties to Moscow.”
**************************
Even if that were true so what? Presumedly any tiny influence they might have would be towards ending that war as soon as possible something I think most Americans would agree with.
The ignorant ass
Scary religions in America… not that I have Dinwali pushed into my life with the blue 8 armed monster god. Not Jewish Zionism taking over DC and 250 Congressfools rushing to put on a tiny hat and kiss the wall. Not maniac moslems taking over half our cities, killing and jihading and blaring the call to prayer at 5am….
Noooo…. It’s orthodox Christians. That’s the real threat to America. Assclown grandstanding
FO. We are Americans. We can think what we wish. And say what we wish. It’s not subject to the approval of some corrupt pol.
He’s correct. Rapping yourself in religion of any kind isn’t a pass for treason or espionage.
Stupid and misinformed Joe Wilson wants to go after most of the true Orthodox Churches in America, Ukraine, Russia, etc. etc. etc.
He wants to add to the persecution of the noble, long-suffering Metropolitan Onufry of the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church!
Stupid Joe should realize that the Russian Orthodox Church was ministering in Alaska long before the US bought the place! Perhaps he should attend an OCA Divine Liturgy, and forget about being a 2025 version of Joe McCarthy!!!
Yea, and JFK has allegiance to Rome.
/s
How is this different than the Biden FBI investigating traditional Catholics? IMHO, It’s not. Both are wrong.
Joe sounds like a nutjob.
Shut up Joe!
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.