The Benedictine Nuns of Erie are fighting back against a typical election fraud maniac who is encouraging Republican voters to use social media to accuse the nuns of fraud. Via the Erie Times-News:

Cliff Maloney, founder of The Pennsylvania Chase, said in a post about

The post is an apparent reference to the Erie Benedictines’ Mount Saint Benedict Monastery, located at 6101 East Lake Road, Harborcreek Township, where 55 of the religious community’s 67 sisters live. The monastery is also the site of a chapel and office.

BREAKING: A member of PA CHASE discovered an address in Erie, Pennsylvania today where 53 voters are registered.

Turns out it was the Benedictine Brethren of Erie and NO ONE lived there.

We knocked on the door because the Republican mail-in ballot wasn’t returned.

Our lawyer… pic.twitter.com/ZFNtfXyOUW

— Cliff Maloney (@Maloney) 22 October 2024

“We want to call Cliff Maloney accountable for his patently false post accusing our sisters of fraud,” Superior Sister Stephanie Schmidt said in a news release also posted on the sisters’ Facebook page. “We live on the Mount.” St. Benedict’s Monastery and a simple internet search will alert him to our active presence in some ministries in Erie. We also want to warn subscribers to X and other social media platforms to be careful and seek additional information before accepting these posts as fact. A free republic depends on free and fair elections. “This also depends on understanding and conscientious citizens who do not simply accept the word of everyone with a social media platform without question.”

Most of the 55 nuns living there are registered to vote. The nuns also say they have not received any news from the voters’ organization knocking on their door:

Schmidt questioned Maloney’s story, telling the Erie Times-News that there were exterior glass doors unlocked at the monastery’s main entrance, followed by interior glass doors opened by the person working at the switchboard. She said none of the sisters on switchboard duty remembered anyone going there as Maloney described.

“There’s no way this story makes sense,” he said.

Short version: Lying is a sin!