The FBI\u2019s Richmond field office released an internal memo last month warning against \u201cradical traditionalist Catholic ideology,\u201d and claiming it \u201calmost certainly presents new mitigation opportunities,\u201d according to a document shared by an FBI whistleblower on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Kyle Seraphin, who was a special agent at the bureau for six years before he was indefinitely suspended without pay in June 2022, published the document, \u201cInterest of Racially or Ethnically Motivated Violent Extremists in Radical Traditionalist Catholic Ideology Almost Certainly Presents New Mitigation Opportunities,\u201d on UncoverDC.com.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn making this assessment, FBI Richmond relied on the key assumption that [racially or ethnically motivated extremists] will continue to find [radical-traditionalist Catholic or RTC] ideology attractive and will continue to attempt to connect with RTC adherents, both virtually via social media and in-person at places of worship,\u201d the document from January 23 states.<\/p>\n
It adds that \u201cRTCs are typically categorized by the rejection of the Second Vatican Council (Vatican II) as a valid church council; disdain for most of the popes elected since Vatican II, particularly Pope Francis and Pope John Paul II; and frequent adherence to anti-Semitic, anti-immigrant, anti-LGBTQ, and white supremacist ideology. Radical-traditionalist Catholics compose a small minority of overall Roman Catholic adherents and are separate and distinct from \u2018traditionalist Catholics\u2019 who prefer the Traditional Latin Mass and pre-Vatican II teachings and traditions, without the more extremist ideological beliefs and violent rhetoric.\u201d<\/p>\n
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