WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI says members of an anti-gay fundamentalist group participated in the bureau’s training of police officers and FBI agents.

The bureau extended the invitations to Westboro Baptist Church for training this spring at two bureau facilities in Virginia: Quantico and Manassas.

Westboro has stirred widespread outrage with raucous demonstrations at the funerals of U.S. military service members.

The group contends God is punishing the military for the nation’s tolerance of homosexuality.