Priory Suspect Arrested Entering U.S.
A Disassociated Press Report, Washington, D.C., June 17, 2005
By Morris Whitely
A suspected member of the terrorist organization the Priory of Sion was
arrested trying to enter the United States Monday, according to a spokesman for
the Department of Homeland Security.
The suspect, an Irish national, was arrested while passing through
customs at the John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City.
"At this point we cannot be certain of his business in this
country," Department of Homeland Security spokesman John T. Griffin
said.
The suspect was arrested after customs officials found him to be
carrying Priory-related literature as well as a Priory training video.
"The materials and video we found him carrying are pretty
unsettling stuff," the spokesman said. "There are some weird rituals shown in this
video."
The suspect is a 28-year-old Irish male. His passport reveals him to have been living in Taiwan
during recent years.
"It is very possible that the Priory has an active base in
Taiwan," the spokesman said.
"Taiwan doesn't have a lot of valuable Christian art for the Priory
to deface, but it's true that Taiwan's uncertain diplomatic status makes it a
good place for the group to train operatives. My best guess is they're practicing by defacing Buddhist
paintings and sculptures."
Describing the training video, the official spoke of scenes intended to
inculcate Priory sexual and gender ideologies.
"We are still analyzing this material," he said. "There are scenes obviously
intended to undermine traditional notions of gender. There's a subversive feminist agenda that's being pushed
pretty hard."
The spokesman said they still could not be sure where the video was
produced.
"We've had our experts analyze the architecture and the style of
dress in the video, and based on this analysis we suspect it was probably
filmed in Taiwan," he said.
"We still can't be certain however."
This is the first major Priory of Sion arrest on U.S. soil since the
group was officially declared a terrorist organization last month.
The Department of Homeland Security has refused to release complete
scenes from the training video, providing instead various stills with
explanatory captions.
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Scenes from the Recently Seized
Priory of Sion Training Video
Provided to the Press
by
the U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Actors in the Priory video discuss gender
roles. The video seeks to
"undermine traditional notions of gender."
Using actors, the video "dramatizes the struggles of a young man who eventually finds fulfillment by joining the Priory."
Loyalty to the Priory's principles is stressed in
the video. According to experts,
the actors' style of dress suggests the video was made in Taiwan.
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