Catholic priest targeted in Brazil’s equivalent of 'Jan 6' investigation

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SÃO PAULO – A Catholic priest is among a set of aides and allies of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro currently being investigated by federal police on charges of conspiacy to state a coup d’état following 2022 elections that returned leftist leader Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to power.

Father José Eduardo de Oliveira e Silva, a prominent vicar in a city on the outskirts of São Paulo, was one of 24 individuals named in the probe whose homes were raided by police this week.

Silva denied any wrong-doing in a social media post.

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