by Jean Mondoro, LifeSite News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. (LifeSiteNews) — Conservative lawmakers are criticizing the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for placing “undercover sources” in various Catholic churches to monitor “suspicious activity.” News of these plans was unveiled on Monday by the House Weaponization of Government Select Committee.
The Republican-backed committee was established in January to investigate and hold accountable federal agencies whose actions have and continue to target conservative citizens. Since then, FBI whistleblower Kyle Seraphin revealed documents showing that the agency was monitoring “radical” Catholics, specifically those who attend the Latin Mass.
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In the most recent development of this saga, additional documents obtained by the committee show that the federal agency “sought to use local religious organizations as ‘new avenues for tripwire and source development.’”
“I specifically asked [Attorney General] Merrick Garland whether the FBI was targeting Catholic parishes and he said no,” Republican Sen. Josh Hawley wrote on Twitter after the latest installment of revelations. “Now it turns out the FBI was using undercover sources in multiple parishes.”
“Someone needs to give them a lesson in the First Amendment,” Republican Rep. Jim Jordan, who also serves as the weaponization committee chair, told Sean Hannity on Monday. “This memorandum talks about doing just that [placing undercover agents in Catholic parishes] and it was signed off on by two senior analysts and the chief division counsel there.”
Jordan continued: “Now, stop and think for a second. Yesterday [there were] probably more Americans in church than any other day of the year. The day we celebrate the Resurrection of our Savior. Millions of Americans going to church. Now what if this FBI thing would have been carried out? There would be people in the church spying on fellow parishioners, fellow church-goers. That’s what they were looking to do. That’s how scary this is, what they’ve done to the First Amendment.”
