(LifeSiteNews) — The Washington Nationals fired the team executive who admitted in an undercover video to intentionally excluding devout Catholic pitcher Trevor Williams from social media appearances due to his religious beliefs.
Sean Hudson, the Major League Baseball team’s director of community relations, was let go on Friday, just days after the release of the shocking video by James O’Keefe’s guerilla journalism organization, O’Keefe Media Group (OMG). The undercover video quickly garnered nearly five million views on X.
The offense to Catholics was evidently perceived to be so grievous that Nationals president of business operations Jason Sinnarajah sat for a live pregame Nationals.TV interview on Friday evening in which he apologized to Catholics, Christians, and Trevor Williams for Hudson’s anti-Catholic behavior.
“We’re horrified by the comments that were made on the video,” said Sinnarajah, who told viewers that he himself is Catholic. “This is not indicative of how we are as an organization.”
“We took action right away and the individual is no longer employed by the team,” he explained.
Sinnarajah also issued a public apology to Williams.
“We feel awful that he’s been dragged into this situation,” said the team president, who noted during the interview that last year Williams was the recipient of the team’s Roberto Clemente Award.
In the OMG video, the now-fired Hudson can be heard to say, “One of our pitchers, Trevor Williams. He’s super Christian-Catholic, all these tattoos that mean a lot.”
“The Dodgers had a group … who were drag queens who sometimes dressed up as nuns,” Hudson continued. Trevor Williams “went on social media like … ‘This is my religion. You all are mocking it.’ Because of that, we don’t use him on social (media).”
🚨NATIONALS APOLOGIZE: Washington @Nationals President of Baseball Operations Jason Sinnarajah apologized on live TV to Catholics, Christians, Nats fans, & Trevor Williams regarding the hidden camera comments from their own Director of Community Relations.
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— James O’Keefe (@JamesOKeefeIII) May 30, 2026
Trevor Williams’ vibrant Catholic faith
In May 2023, Williams, who describes himself on social media as “Servus Christi” and “Servant of Christ,” urged Catholics to withhold support of the Los Angeles Dodgers in the wake of the team’s decision to re-invite the blasphemous anti-Catholic drag group the “Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence” as Community Hero Award honorees.
“As a devout Catholic, I am deeply troubled by the Dodgers’ decision to re-invite and honor the group ‘The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence’ at their Pride Night this year,” Williams wrote in a statement on X (formerly Twitter).
Williams’ post on X struck a chord, racking up nearly 20 million views.
“To invite and honor a group that makes a blatant and deeply offensive mockery of my religion, and the religion of over four million people in Los Angeles County alone, undermines the values of respect and inclusivity that should be upheld by any organization,” Williams said.
“I believe it is essential for the Dodgers to reconsider their association with this group and strive to create an inclusive environment that does not demean or disrespect the religious beliefs of any fan or employee,” he continued, encouraging “my fellow Catholics to reconsider their support of an organization that allows this type of mockery of its fans to occur.”
“I know I am not alone in my frustration, hurt, and disappointment about this situation,” Williams added. “As Catholics, we look to Jesus Christ and the way He was treated, and we realize that any suffering in this world unites us to Him in the next.”
“My faith, to me, is more than just going to Mass on Sundays,” Williams said in a 2019 Knights of Columbus video.
He explained that he keeps a Saint Benedict crucifix in his locker and that he prays “Jesus, I trust in you” before pitching in a game.
In the video, Williams noted his Catholic-inspired tattoos. On his left upper arm is a depiction of St. Michael the Archangel. On his right arm is a raven, a reference to St. Benedict of Nursia, who played an important role in the development of liturgical worship and in the preservation of Western civilization.
On the inside of his left wrist is AMDG, the Jesuit motto “Ad Maiorem Dei Gloriam,” Latin for “for the greater glory of God.” Williams explained that each time he goes to pitch he sees that and is reminded to “do everything for the greater glory of God.”
“As a Catholic man,” Williams noted, “I want to be visible and be present.”