Michael Signorile reports on the behind-the-scenes attempts of Steve Bannon and Jeffrey Epstein to take down Pope Francis, whom they perceived as a strong force standing against Trump, the Republican party, and fascist movements globally.
#SteveBannon #Epstein #PopeFrancis #Trump #fascism #LGBTQ
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https://www.signorile.com/p/how-bannon-sought-epsteins-help-to
After Frédéric Martel wrote a highly circulated exposé of the extensive gay coterie in the Vatican, much of it aiding and abetting right-wing movements within the Catholic church and the political sphere, Bannon conceived the idea of making a movie based on Martel's book, in the hope that the movie would embarrass Francis. Though Francis was working precisely to disempower the right-wing clique in the Vatican….
The point of the movie — to Martel's consternation — would be to tar the Catholic hierarchy with the brush of homosexuality, implicating Francis himself. To rev up old anti-Catholic prejudices promoting the idea that Catholic clerics are largely gay and constitute a danger to minors, though investigations of sexual abuse of minors in religious groups show such abuse is hardly confined to the Catholic church.
Such abuse has been shown to be extensive, for instance, within the Southern Baptist Convention, which initially gloated about news reports showing the extent of abuse in the Catholic church. With Southern Baptists claiming such abuse could never happen in the SBC, because it is resolutely anti-gay and expects its all-male clergy to marry….
Subsequent journalistic investigations of abuse of minors and vulnerable people in Southern Baptist churches have shown such abuse to be as prevalent in the SBC as in the Catholic church, with the same savage cover-up of abuse by church officials in both churches.
As Signorile notes, in his attempt to attack Pope Francis, Bannon consulted with and was abetted by Epstein — a known sexual abuser of minors.
There's also the Trump quid pro quo...
https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/religion/2025/03/12/southern-baptist-convention-sbc-federal-investigation-clergy-abuse/82277973007/
Buying evangelical votes by sweeping their sexual abuse of children under the rug. Playing favorites
https://www.npr.org/2022/08/13/1117362904/southern-baptists-doj-investigation-sexual-abuse
While the Catholic Church is taking accountability & paying settlements
Covering up the sexual abuse of children is a powerful tool for extortion. Evangelicals are now obligated to curry favor with Trump or risk investigation for their crimes
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"Many curry favor with a ruler, and everyone is the friend of one who gives gifts. The poor are shunned by all their relatives— how much more do their friends avoid them! Though the poor pursue them with pleading, they are nowhere to be found. The one who gets wisdom loves life; the one who cherishes understanding will soon prosper." Proverbs
https://www.texasmonthly.com/true-crime/remember-the-christian-alamo/
https://julieroys.com/anglican-priest-calvin-robinson-defrocked-over-nazi-like-salute/
https://www.americamagazine.org/politics-society/2020/08/24/religion-donald-trump-presidency/
https://thedispatch.com/article/which-shepherds-are-for-sale/
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