Regime attempts to bring churches under control of the Nazi state (Gleichschaltung). Nazi breaches of Concordat commence immediately after signing: sterilization law promulgated, Catholic Youth Leagues dissolved; clergy, nuns and lay leaders harassed.[23] Heretical views of Reich Bishop and German Christians, leads Martin Neimoller to found Pastors' Emergency League which grows into Confessing Church, which reasserts authority of Bible and from which some clergymen oppose regime.[24]