A field office of the federal bureau had issued a memo on investigating Catholic communities in Virginia over alleged extremism. The J. Edgar Hoover FBI headquarters building in Washington, D.C. (photo: Tony Webster / Wikimedia Commons) Nation June 6, 2026 The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has reportedly fired several agents in connection with a controversial 2023 memo that detailed the bureauʼs plans to investigate “radical-traditionalist” Catholics in Virginia.