The Associated Press reports:
A tiny religious organization tied to Amy Coney Barrett, Donald Trump’s supreme court nominee, sought to erase all mentions and photos of her from its website before she meets with lawmakers and faces questions at her Senate confirmation hearings. Barrett, a federal appeals judge, has declined to publicly discuss her decades-long affiliation with People of Praise, a Christian group that opposes abortion and holds that men are divinely ordained as the “head” of the family and faith.
Former members have said the group’s leaders teach that wives must submit to the will of their husbands. A spokesman for the organization has declined to say whether the judge and her husband, Jesse Barrett, are members. The AP reported earlier this week that People of Praise’s belief system is rooted in so-called charismatic Catholicism, a movement that grew out of the influence of Pentecostalism and can include baptism in the Holy Spirit and “speaking in tongues”.
From the @AP investigation of People of Praise, the group that demands subjugation to men: “When she told her husband she wanted to wait to have more children…he accompanied her to gynecological appointments to ensure she couldn’t get birth control.” https://t.co/IrYVUxMU6E
— David Beard (@dabeard) September 29, 2020
On Friday, #PeopleofPraise removed all editions of its magazine, including references to #AmyConeyBarrett, whose family has been active in the controversial group for 4 decades. The @AP had reviewed 15 years of back issues for its investigation.
— David Beard (@dabeard) September 29, 2020
Does Amy Coney Barrett have the power to raise the dead? I took a look at Internet Archive captures of pages from her “People of Praise” website & found this interesting claim which persisted on the site up into early 2008. pic.twitter.com/hMogYltlOZ
— No one will save us. We have to save ourselves. (@brucewilson) September 29, 2020