Organizers of today’s “Let the Church ROAR” rally include conservatives from different branches of Christianity. One right-wing Catholic set to speak is “traditionalist” Taylor Marshall, an author, YouTuber, and member of the advisory board of Catholics for Trump. (thread)
When a Catholic priest drew criticism for declaring that it was not possible for a Catholic to be a Democrat—as Joe Biden was on his way to become the second Catholic U.S. president—Marshall called the priest a “hero.”
Marshall figured prominently in @kathrynajoyce @VanityFair article “Deep State, Deep Church: How QAnon and Trumpism Have Infected the Catholic Church” vanityfair.com/news/2020/10/h…
Joyce noted that after getting “red pilled,” Marshall “became increasingly enmeshed in far-right politics, saying things like Muslims ‘must convert or be wiped off the face of the earth.’”
In his book “Infiltration,” Marshall claimed that the Catholic Church has been infiltrated by communists and Freemasons in a bid for world domination. The book’s conspiracy mongering was a bridge too far even for many conservative Catholics. catholicculture.org/commentary/inf…
At one point, Marshall even blamed COVID-19 on Pope Francis during a controversy over conservatives’ claims that an Amazon synod promoted idolatry. ncronline.org/news/opinion/d…
Shortly before the election, Marshall prayed at a Trump rally that God would grant Trump victory, and he read a message from far-right Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò at a pro-Trump Supreme Court rally in November.
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