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FBI Leaked Memo Accuses New Hampshire Religious Group of Posting an Extremist Threat

February 12, 2023

A Federal Bureau of Investigation leaked memo saying that “radical traditionalist” Catholic groups pose an extremist threat targeted a religious group in New Hampshire..

The memo — which the FBI subsequently retracted — said that such organizations contain “violent extremists” and have ties to “white nationalism.” It included the Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in Richmond, New Hampshire — a splinter group that has no affiliation with the Catholic church.

C.J. Doyle of the Catholic Action League of Massachusetts slammed the FBI’s leaked memo, saying that it targets groups for exercising their First Amendment rights.

Federal law enforcement is prohibited from opening investigations into American citizens predicated upon constitutionally protected expressive activity.

“None of these groups have ever committed, incited, advocated or apologised for acts of violence. They are being targeted, clearly and impermissibly, for their traditional moral and religious beliefs, which make them, presumptively, adversaries of the woke revolution being promoted by the current Administration.

The memo even cites their ‘hostility to abortion rights’ and opposition to ‘LGBTQ protections.

Here is a description of Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary from Catholicism.org:

The Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary are a Congregation of religious brothers and sisters dedicated to a two-fold Crusade: the propagation and defense of Catholic dogma — especially extra ecclesiam nulla salus — and the conversion of America to the one, true Church. Besides the religious members, the Congregation has a Third Order comprised of mostly lay people living in the world.

 

Other organizations named in the memo included three publications — Catholic Family News, The Remnant, and Culture Wars; four websites — Tradition in Action, In the Spirit of Chartres, Christ or Chaos, and Catholic Apologetics International; and one Marian apostolate — The Fatima Center.

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