It was my understanding that the priests in question were South Korean. That was at least the implication, and if this is not the case the author should be ashamed of himself.
A priest serving as a lackey and footstool of Kim Il Un (Comrade Baby Pork Fat) gives a whole new level of definition to the idea of the false "gods" whom the First Commandment requires us not to have before the one true God.
Thanks for the correction.