Church Leaders Alarmed That IRS Agents Could Pose as Clergy to Access Privileged Information, Enforce Birth Control Mandate

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“Just another part of Mr. O’s vision for a new Amerika, a mass surveillance society.”  Admin

Church leaders are upset after a recent article in The New York Times revealed that the Internal Revenue Service can use undercover agents disguised as members of the clergy as a means to gather privileged information.

Following the Times’ report last weekend that over 40 federal agencies use undercover agents disguised as attorneys, doctors, news media and other positions to gain access to privileged information, church leaders are appalled to find out that IRS agents are also allowed to pose as clergy, even though the agency doesn’t have a crime-fighting function that warrants such a use of undercover tactics.

In a Tuesday interview with The Christian Post, Director of the Christian Defense Coalition, Rev. Patrick Mahoney, said he thinks it’s an “absolute disgrace” that the IRS is allowed use undercover agents disguised as clergy. He added that he couldn’t think of any justifiable reasons as to why the agency should be allowed to disguise agents as clergy.

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