Posted on 04/14/2023 7:27:40 PM PDT by marshmallow
Sen. Hawley has demanded 'immediat[e]' responses from AG Merrick Garland disclosing 'how many undercover informants' in Catholic parishes or religious organizations the DOJ is working with.
(LifeSiteNews) — Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) urged Attorney General Merrick Garland in a Tuesday letter to reveal the extent to which the Department of Justice (DOJ) is working with “undercover informants” in Catholic parishes and other religious groups.
Hawley’s demands follow the FBI’s disclosure to the House Judiciary Committee that, “relying on information derived from at least one undercover employee,” it planned to “engage in outreach” to leaders of the traditional Catholic Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) in the Richmond, Virginia area “to sensitize these congregations to the warning signs of radicalization and to enlist their assistance to serve as suspicious activity tripwires.”
According to Committee Chairman Rep. Jim Jordan, the FBI similarly wrote of other opportunities to develop “suspicious activity tripwires” in the Richmond area, including by contacting so-called “mainline Catholic parishes” and local “diocesan leadership.”
Hawley accordingly demanded “immediat[e]” responses from Garland revealing “how many undercover informants or other agents” in Catholic parishes or religious organizations the DOJ is working with or “otherwise employ[ing.”
Jordan had also noted in his Monday letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray that “We know from whistleblowers that the FBI distributed this document to field offices across the country,” and that “it is unclear” how many FBI employees have accessed Catholic houses of worship across the country as a result of the original Richmond document.
In light of this information, Hawley also urged Garland to share “within which, and how many FBI field offices was guidance related to the infiltration of traditionalist Catholic parishes distributed?”
Hawley shared his letter to Garland in a tweet declaring that what Garland had previously told him under oath......
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It was started by a anti-establishment guy who did not give proper role to the government. Maybe some are still following that example and not adapting to the new reality.
“I cannot comment on an ongoing investiigation but I can assure that we always follow out internal processes whenever we railroad organizations for political reasons.”
They will just lie and be allowed to get away with it
First they came for the Catholics ...
I’m sure they are after other churches who won’t bow the knee to the state, like John McArthur’s church and Calvary Chapel.
Sadly, there are not enough of churches like them who have the wherewithal to stand up to the state.
OTOH, there are a lot of small congregations that fly under the radar.
Republicans should pound religious bigotry/persecution of Christians which the Godless Left don’t understand the power of.
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