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FBI investigated priest who refused to disclose conversations with convert
July 23, 2025
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CWN Editor's Note: The FBI office in Richmond, Virginia started an investigation of a local Catholic priest after the priest declined to answer questions about his conversations with a man who was interested in entering the Catholic Church, the House Judiciary Committee reports.
The FBI monitored the priest’s travel and credit-card purchases, looking for more information, according to the House report, which found: “There appeared to be no legitimate law-enforcement purpose for investigating this priest.”
The Richmond FBI office was the source of a controversial memo suggesting an investigation of “radical traditionalist” Catholic communities.
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