I guess he COULD be a priest, but this demeanor of his is just too autistic for me. A priest I can't see acting like cabbage. It's just not likely, but I could be wrong.
Like he knows the priest and wants to be his friend or something.
Personally I think he is Fr. Hoopes, but certainly there is a chance I could be wrong. I think that this is the case because Fr. Hoopes got an astrology book. This is what I think. Pablo and his Santeria cult have been doing lots of crazy things, but their problem is that they're just restricted to one group. The Santeria business began in 2012 and I think they wanted to infiltrate the whole Resistance by having someone who looks fanatically pro-Resistance.
Now, Fr. Hoopes is saying Mass at a former fire station and he's by himself now. When you have a priest that doesn't have a congregation to look after, they actually have quite a bit of free time. An example is Fr. (well, I'm sede, so he's not a valid priest according to my beliefs) Mawdsley. He was by himself, and he found enough time to make a giant video series refuting the h0Ɩ0cαųst narrative. That demonstrates that priests can have time, especially if they're into magic, and so who knows what he's doing with his time. Tom has demonstrated that he knows his theological sources, which is evidence that he went to a seminary. Having a seminary formation gives you a big chance to use fallacious arguments that have a weak veneer of "Catholic" justification. I think there is a chance that he is practicing magic and occultism and using the signs he gets from them to know what to do next. If I recall correctly, he became more active in May, which is when he started getting in gripes with Bill. It's also when he became aware of the Imperfect General Council, which made him more anti-Thuc I would think.