The FBI Doubles Down on Christians and White Supremacy in 2023

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The FBIโ€™s Richmond Division would like to protect Virginians from the threat of โ€œwhite supremacy,โ€ which it believes has found a home within Catholics who prefer the Latin Mass. An intelligence analyst within the Richmond Field Office of the FBI released in a new finished intelligence product dated January 23, 2023, on Racially or Ethnically Motivated Violent Extremists (RMVE) and their interests in โ€œRadical-Traditionalist Catholicsโ€ or RTCs. The document assesses with โ€œhigh confidenceโ€ the FBI can mitigate the threat of Radical-Traditionalist Catholics by recruiting sources within the Catholic Church.

The acronym, new to many in the Domestic Counterterrorism field, comes with a footnote by the writer explaining RTCs are โ€œtypically characterized by the rejection of the Second Vatican Council.โ€ The writer makes an unsubstantiated leap that a preference for the Catholic Mass in Latin instead of the vernacular and a number of more traditional views on other world religions can amount to an โ€œadherence to anti-Semitic, anti-immigrant, anti-LGBTQ and white supremacist ideology.โ€ This writer draws the important distinction between โ€œtraditional Catholics,โ€ who simply prefer the Traditional Latin Mass and pre-Vatican II teachings, and RTCs, who espouse โ€œmore extremist ideological beliefs and violent rhetoric.โ€

A discerning reader may wonder why the writer believes such divisions exist and if there is evidence of the extremist and violent rhetoric within the Catholic church. The analystโ€™s note doesnโ€™t provide specifics. When the FBI generates an intelligence product, it is important to note the analyzed sources. Typically, strict source vetting removes partisanship and bias, so a product is both consistent with federal law and can add value to the FBIโ€™s overall mission. Of note, this document was reviewed and approved for release by the FBI Richmond Chief Division Counsel, who is the officeโ€™s top lawyer.

By Kyle Seraphin

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