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Riley Moore: “More than 19,000 churches have been attacked or destroyed.”

Featuring: Riley Moore, Republican | U.S. House West Virginia, District 2

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Congressman Riley Moore Delivers Speech at CPAC's Christian Persecution Summit

Published | Video Starts at 03:45

There is no question that this is a genocide in my view. Additionally, more than 5 million Christians have been displaced from their homes since 2009. More than 19,000 churches have been attacked or destroyed. Entire villages have been wiped off the map. In Plateau and Beno states, children are kidnapped, women are raped and forced into slavery. Pastors burned alive in their churches. (03:45–03:51)

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Asserts that over 19,000 churches have been attacked or destroyed in Nigeria.

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