Investigative Series: Merchants in the Temple – How an Anti-LGBTQ Religious Sect Wields Money & Power in Canada

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Join us starting on July 4, 2023 as PressProgress releases a 3-part investigation into one of Canada’s secretive anti-LGBTQ religious sects, the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church.

Prairies Reporter, Emily Leedham, takes a deep dive into the Brethren’s financial and political interests in shaping Canadian elections and public policy.

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Who is the Canada Growth Council? Why Did They Mass Text Manitobans?

Group has ties to anti-LGBTQ religious sect, Alberta's UCP, and Sask Party...

Religious Sect That Tried to Censor LGBTQ Content from Human Rights Museum Also Asked George W. Bush to Stop Gay Marriage in Canada, Documents Show

Anti-gay marriage campaign one part of sect’s larger political organizing...

Religious Sect Members Who Obtained $12 Million Through Manitoba Government Contracts Run Companies Out of Co-owned Building, Records Show

Business funds sect’s political activity, ex-members say...