Benedictine Sisters of Erie fighting claim on social media of voter fraud at monastery

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Source: Erie Times-News

Published 10:28 a.m. ET Oct. 24, 2024 | Updated 1:45 p.m. ET Oct. 24, 2024


The Benedictine Sisters of Erie are fighting back after a man who encourages Republican voters used social media to accuse the nuns of fraud.

In a post on X, Cliff Maloney, the founder of The Pennsylvania Chase, said that a member of his organization knocked on a door where 53 voters are registered and "Turns out it's the Benedictine Sisters of Erie and NO ONE lives there."

The post is an apparent reference to the Erie Benedictines' Mount Saint Benedict Monastery, 6101 East Lake Road, Harborcreek Township, where 55 of the religious congregation's 67 sisters live. The monastery also is the site of a chapel and offices.

Benedictine sisters: Initial post 'blatantly false'

“We want to call Cliff Maloney to account for his blatantly false post that accuses our sisters of fraud," Sister Stephanie Schmidt, prioress, said in a news release that was also posted to the sisters' Facebook page. "We do live at Mount Saint Benedict Monastery and a simple web search would alert him to our active presence in a number of ministries in Erie. We also want to alert those who subscribe to X and other social media platforms to be vigilant and seek additional information before accepting these posts as truth. A free republic depends on free and fair elections. It depends equally on a discerning and conscientious citizenry who do not unquestioningly accept the word of anyone who has a social media platform."

Read more: https://www.goerie.com/story/news/local/2024/10/24/voter-fraud-accusation-erie-benedictine-sisters-deny-cliff-maloney-charge-social-media-x/75820224007/

[BOSSHOG]

1. Let me Guess

There is zero factual data that this REPUBLICAN has offered. Doing therecbest to keep a convicted felon out of jail. All Hail the party of responsibility.

[IronLionZion]

2. The GOP way is to spew BS with no evidence

because they just want to confuse people and sow distrust in the system. They know they're losing.

[BOSSHOG]

3. Nazi propaganda

Lie often, blame your enemies for what you do. Other then that, republicans don’t have much of a skill set to fall back on.

[AZ8theist]

4. How VERY CHRISTIAN of Mr Maloney....

Attacking nuns. That's always a good look....

[slightlv]

5. No doubt he's either a

Protestant Evangelical or Charismatic, or perhaps a White Nationalist Xtian who doesn't really recognize Catholicism as a valid religion... especially because they allow women any kind of position within the church, no matter how low that position. White male privilege > female religious persons.

[rpannier]

7. Trump's #2: I mean his creep... er... veep pick does indirectly

He said women who don't want to have children are sociopathic
Nuns don't want to have children
Ergo, he thinks they're sociopaths

It's the only possibility

[rpannier]

6. Why do Republikkans hate Catholics?

That's my talking point
Republikkans hate Catholics

[maxsolomon]

11. LOL

All the Republics I know ARE Catholics.

My talking point: Republicans are Horrible People.

[Ray Bruns]

8. I went to Catholic school from kindergarten to the Eighth Grade.

The last people I would want to piss off is a bunch of nuns.

https://m.

[BumRushDaShow]

9. Alternately

[Novara]

10. There is nobody these motherfuckers won't go after

You know what I'd like to see? I'd like to see the DEMS make ads with the facts of voter fraud, which is overwhelmingly conducted by republicans. Put every goddamn case in an ad so the world can see who REALLY engages in voter fraud.

It's the republicans, stupid.