South Carolina man arrested after threatening pro-life group with grenade

Live Action News ^ | November 5, 2025 | Bridget Sielicki

[Morgana]

A man has been arrested in South Carolina after threatening a group of pro-life activists with a deactivated grenade.

Key Takeaways:

* Pro-lifers from the group Survivors of the Abortion Holocaust were threatened with a grenade while protesting outside a church Sunday morning.

* Police later determined the grenade was hollowed out.

* The pro-life group was protesting the church's involvement with pro-abortion organizations.

The Details:

Richard Lovelace, 79, a retired lawyer, faces charges after allegedly harassing pro-lifers from the group Survivors of the Abortion Holocaust, whose members were gathered outside St. Anne's Episcopal Church in Conway, South Carolina.

Police were called to the church on Sunday morning after Lovelace reportedly approached the group, held out the grenade and waved it around in the air.

"I have a grenade for y'all. A gift for you protestors," Lovelace told the group.

A video of the incident was shared on the group's Instagram page.

“I tried to stay calm and peaceful and I said, ‘Why do you have that for? What is that?’ and I was hoping that I was not seeing it correctly,” Survivors member Jessica Newell told WMBF News.

Police arrived at the scene, and Lovelace was arrested. Authorities later determined that the grenade was hollowed out. Zoom In:

Survivors of the Abortion Holocaust further detailed its reason for being at the church on Instagram:

Survivors was protesting outside Saint Anne’s this morning because many of their members and high leadership, including Lovelace’s wife who is a board member at the church as well as a judge in South Carolina, are big supporters of Palmetto state abortion fund; who partner with Planned Parenthood to traffic abortion pills into the state and help women travel outside of the state to kill their children.

The Bottom Line:

Though the grenade was deactivated, the threat itself is concerning to pro-lifers, especially because violence against pro-lifers is not uncommon.

“Even if it was empty it’s like holding up a gun without bullets,” said the group's director, Tim Clement, who was part of the group outside the church. “It’s like I don’t know it’s empty or if it’s a live grenade I’ve never seen a grenade live put in my face so I was very shocked, very concerned.”

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[kiryandil]

[Morgana]

I’m shocked it was some old guy and not a tranny

[lee martell]

He’s 79 years old, and this is what he does to those who disagree with him. He’s never going to learn about true tolerance. Ironic, since as a man, he would never have
“been punished with a Baby” anyway. He is lucky not to have gotten shot, threatening people in that kind of way.
Maybe, he is depressed inside, and was actually trying to orchestrate his suicide via conservatives under threat.

[Morgana]

“He’s 79 years old,”

As they say “there’s no fool like an old fool”.

[No name given]

Now the perpetrator is behind bars where he belongs.

[Morgana]

He was also a retired lawyer, he knew better. What an idiot!

I want to say he should be spending his old age with his grandchildren but I guess they were all aborted.

[fidelis]

Survivors was protesting outside Saint Anne’s this morning because many of their members and high leadership, including Lovelace’s wife who is a board member at the church as well as a judge in South Carolina, are big supporters of Palmetto state abortion fund; who partner with Planned Parenthood to traffic abortion pills into the state and help women travel outside of the state to kill their children.

Disgusting.

[Morgana]

Pray for these women, they really believe and took a stand against evil.

[TigersEye]

Party of terrorists strikes again.

[kiryandil]

Where did they get the idea that it was OK to do these things?

[fidelis]

Pray for these women, they really believe and took a stand against evil.

There were men in the group there too. I'll pray for them all. They are on the front line against this evil.

[SaveFerris]

[Richard Lovelace, 79, a retired lawyer, faces charges after allegedly harassing pro-lifers from the group Survivors of the Abortion Holocaust, whose members were gathered outside St. Anne's Episcopal Church in Conway, South Carolina.]



[All pictures are posted for Educational Purposes
in accordance with Fair Use]

DO NO HARM, Americans
BUT Be SITUATIONALLY-AWARE
(For the thread)

[SaveFerris]

[Richard Lovelace, 79, a retired lawyer, faces charges after allegedly harassing pro-lifers from the group Survivors of the Abortion Holocaust, whose members were gathered outside St. Anne's Episcopal Church in Conway, South Carolina.]

[Can you imagine.... this demon in female human form, Cecile Richards.... on Judgement Day. There is absolutely nothing that she/it could say to God, the ultimate judge, to justify what she/it has done in this life. Nothing. Wonder if she/it would even bother to try. And that goes for all of the doctors, nurses, and anyone else associated with this slaughter of innocents. They have damned themselves for all eternity.]

Yes, FRIGHTENING 😲😲 - no words can justify these things - THIS IS WHAT THEY ARE DOING

In America, the ABORTION AGENDA is a HUGE PRIORITY for the Godless Reprobate Democrats - they're (seemingly) ALL trying to follow Son of Satan Barack Hussein Obama into the Eternal Lake of Fire 🔥🔥🔥

At The Great White Throne Judgment, Unbelievers are Rejected. They did not choose to be written into The Lamb's Book of Life.

[LegendHasIt]

"Authorities later determined that the grenade was hollowed out."

Hollowed out? That's a highly technical term. They must think that we are all explosives experts like the police and reporters are.

/s

(Don't know why I'm being so snarky on this, it just struck me as juvenile reportage. Maybe because I WAS a bit of an explosives expert in a couple of my past lives. )

[SaveFerris]

[...INCLUDING LOVELACE’S WIFE WHO IS A BOARD MEMBER AT THE CHURCH AS WELL AS A JUDGE in South Carolina, ARE BIG SUPPORTERS OF PALMETTO STATE ABORTION FUND; WHO PARTNER WITH PLANNED PARENTHOOD TO TRAFFIC ABORTION PILLS into the state and help women travel outside of the state TO KILL THEIR CHILDREN...]

DEMOCRAT Cecile Richards
was unavailable for comment.

[Morgana]

“There were men in the group there too. I’ll pray for them all. They are on the front line against this evil. “

I only saw the women in the news video but I’m glad there were men there too! That is wonderful.

[SaveFerris]

[Where did they get the idea that
it was OK to do these things?]

That Old Serpent 🐍 Called
the Devil and Satan

He is their REAL FATHER
(John 8:44)

[piasa]

He’s an old lawyer married to a judge.

[SharpenedEdge]

He should have been taken at gunpoint, and if he refused to drop the grenade, shot. That was a lethal threat.