Catholics and other people of faith throughout America are facing “religious persecution,” Father Gerald Murray, pastor of Saint Joseph’s church in New York, told Newsmax on Friday.

“Catholics do not get the same level of scrutiny about attacks and religious persecution going on” when it comes to protection and even media coverage, Murray told “The Chris Salcedo Show.”

He said the Wednesday attack on a Catholic church in Minneapolis is just the latest example of hatred toward God.

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