Videos of speaking with a priest before entering federal prison in Danbury, Connecticut, are going viral Monday afternoon. Bannon, White House chief strategist under the Trump administration and a close ally of the former president was sentenced to four months in October 2022 after he was found guilty of two counts of contempt of for failing to respond to a subpoena issued to him by the House Select Committee investigating the January 6 attack. At a press conference Monday morning, Bannon asks a priest beside him if he'd like to say a few words.

In response, the priest said he was not authorized to speak to the media. The priest goes on to tell Bannon that, "He agrees with his positions" and that "He's from the St. Ignatius Retreat House, 15 miles away.

I'll get you whatever you need." Bannon then told the priest, "Father, don't pray for me, pray for our enemies. They're the ones that are going to need the prayers!" The priest proceeded to say with Bannon and the surrounding crowd.

According to its website, the 13-acre St. Ignatius Retreat House was founded in 1988 and specializes in one-week exercises according to the method of St. Ignatius of Loyola.

emailed St. Ignatius Retreat House in Ridgefield, Connecticut, for comment. The video of Bannon with the priest was shared by a host of social accounts, including conservative podcaster Benny Johnson, who has 2.

4 million followers on X, formerly . The video clip on Johnson's account had been viewed nearly 600,000 times as of 3:.