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Judiciary Committee: FBI Spied on Catholic Priest for Not Divulging Info On Parishioner

  • The House Judiciary Committee reported that the FBI spied on a priest for refusing to divulge confidential information about a parishioner converting to Catholicism, stating this was "deeply troubling."
  • The committee found no legitimate law-enforcement purpose for investigating the priest and noted that FBI abuses of religious liberty were more widespread than previously admitted.
  • Emails revealed that the FBI coordinated with various field offices to investigate the priest after he requested to speak with church leadership and attorneys about the questions he faced.
  • The report criticized the FBI for widespread abuses of religious liberty, emphasizing that the targeting of Catholics went beyond the Richmond office, involving the national FBI headquarters and other field offices, raising concerns over the protection of their constitutional rights.
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The House Judiciary Committee released a report condemning the Biden-era FBI for labeling American Catholics as “racially or ethnically motivated violent extremists.” The claim, first raised in the 2023 Richmond memo, was not an isolated incident.

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National Catholic Register broke the news in on Tuesday, July 22, 2025.
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