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Jilly_in_VA

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Sun Feb 12, 2023, 11:49 AM Feb 2023

Miyares condemns Richmond FBI's 'anti-Catholic' memo [View all]

Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares sent a letter to the FBI and U.S. Attorney General this week after a now-public internal FBI memo targeted Catholics and labeled them as “violent extremists.”

On Friday, Feb. 10 Miyares sent a letter joined to Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Christopher Wray and U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland. regarding an internal memo created by the Richmond FBI field office. According to a statement from Miyares, the memo targeted some Catholics as a potential threat due to their religious beliefs.

The memo became public on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023.

In the memo, the FBI suggests that there are Catholics who are “radical-traditionalists” and could be “racially or ethnically motivated violent extremists.” The memo further says that “violent extremists” include Catholics who prefer a Latin Mass. Latin Masses differ from other types of Catholic Mass because they are not only performed in Latin, these services also follow a different calendar and use different prayers.

https://www.wric.com/news/virginia-news/attorney-general-miyares-condemns-richmond-fbis-anti-catholic-memo/

I'm not fond of the Catholic right either, but I wouldn't go that far. Sounds like some "violent evangelical" agents to me.

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