While being assessed, a client with schizophrenia states, "Everywhere I turn, the government is watching me because I know too much. They are afraid that I might go public with the information about all those conspiracies." The nurse interprets this statement as indicating which type of delusion?

A. Grandiose delusion
B. Persecutory delusion
C. Referential delusion
D. Erotomanic delusion