Ferndale’s Church Militant shuts down amid scandals, teases Texas move

It looks like Church Militant, the Ferndale-based conservative Catholic media company that the Southern Poverty Law Center designated as an anti-LGBTQ+ hate group, is no more — at least for now. The company’s website churchmilitant.com has shut down in the aftermath of a number of scandals, including a defamation lawsuit brought on by New Hampshire priest Fr. Georges de Laire and the 2023 resignation of founder Michael Voris. The company also has not posted on social media since late February, around the time that Church Militant and its parent company...