An O’Keefe Media Group undercover investigation has caught Washington Nationals Director of Community Relations Sean Hudson on hidden camera admitting to actively excluding Catholic starting pitcher Trevor Williams from team social media — because of his faith.
“One of our pitchers, Trevor Williams. He’s super Christian-Catholic, all these tattoos that mean a lot,” Hudson told the undercover reporter. He referenced the Dodgers’ 2023 Pride Night controversy involving the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence — a drag group that performed dressed as nuns using a crucifix — and Williams’ public criticism of it. “Because of that, we don’t use [Trevor Williams] on social [media],” Hudson admitted. “When they’re like, is a hot dog a sandwich? And like, the players come up — we don’t ask [Trevor Williams].”
The video also revealed Hudson describing how the Nationals assign arriving fans to demographic “buckets” based on their Google history — a surveillance practice he described as standard team operations. Hudson also made statements expressing communist political leanings.
Williams became the first MLB player to publicly condemn the Dodgers’ decision to honor the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence in 2023, telling Bishop Robert Barron: “Baseball stadiums should be a place where everyone feels welcomed, like 100%. We cannot stand idly by while Our Lord gets mocked.” Williams is currently on the disabled list and is scheduled to return June 1.
A professional sports organization deliberately excluding a player from promotional activities because he publicly defended his Catholic faith is textbook religious discrimination. That the same organization is surveilling fans by their Google history adds a separate layer of concern entirely.
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