A controversial document issued by the FBI's Richmond Field Office in January took aim at certain “traditionalist” Catholics tied in FBI offices in Portland and Los Angeles, according to a less redacted version of the document.

The version, obtained by the Washington Examiner, links “radical-traditionalist Catholics” to violent extremism and relies on a “liaison contact” in the Portland Field Office and information from the Los Angeles Field Office.

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House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) called this version of the memo “startling” on Wednesday in a letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray obtained by the Washington Examiner.

“This new information suggests that the FBI’s use of its law enforcement capabilities to intrude on American’s First Amendment rights is more widespread than initially suspected and reveals inconsistencies with your previous testimony before the Committee,” Jordan wrote.

Testifying before the committee in July, Wray called the document "appalling" and noted the FBI had retracted it. He also said the creation of the document was still under review.

It was “a single product by a single field office, which as soon as I found out about it I was aghast and ordered it withdrawn and removed from FBI systems,” Wray testified.

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Asked for comment, a spokesperson for the Justice Department pointed to Wray's testimony and a letter he wrote later in July to Jordan on the matter.

In the letter, Wray offered to brief the Judiciary Committee on the document on Aug. 22.

This story is developing.

Read the less redacted memo below.