American politician criticizes congressman for discrediting hierarchs
South Carolina House Representative Thomas Beach. Photo: Gage Skidmore
South Carolina State Representative Thomas Beach sharply criticized US Congressman Joe Wilson's statements that Orthodox Christians in America "could serve as vehicles" of foreign influence, reports the UOJ in America.
"Really ugly smear of Orthodox Christians as agents of a foreign power," Beach said on X. "This is beneath the office."
Thomas Beach also called on Joe Wilson's son, Alan Wilson, who is the state's Attorney General and a candidate for governor, to stand up for the rights of Orthodox Christians: "I hope he will forthrightly speak in defense of the rights of Orthodox Christians to practice their faith without government persecution or harassment."
As reported, Joe Wilson circulated a letter among colleagues stating that participants in the White House meeting between the clergy of Orthodox Churches and the US Office of Religious Affairs "can serve as vehicles for intelligence collection or foreign influence operations directed at U.S. policymakers".
Read also
MP initiates investigation into mage Veliar over UOC 'funeral'
Zhelezniak said he was referring to law enforcement materials on suspected fraud and tax evasion by mage Veliar, who staged sacrilegious acts outside the Lavra.
Anglican bishopess repents for "persecution" of LGBT
Susan Bell apologized to the "LGBT community" for "exclusion" from the life of the Anglican Church.
Vatican defrocks priest who accused Pope Francis of heresy
Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith has punished a cleric of the Roman Catholic Church who claimed the conclave was invalid and the pontiff illegitimate.
Israel pushes legislation to oversee holy sites in biblical Samaria
The Knesset initiative would place archaeological and Christian sites under the authority of the Ministry of Heritage.
In Netherlands, transgender schoolgirl arrested for double murder
In the Netherlands, a transgender teenager has been arrested for the brutal murder of her own parents.
In Pavlohrad, UOC priest's house destroyed by shelling
Fr. Oleksandr's family miraculously survived after an attack in the Dnipropetrovsk region.