Posted on 10/09/2022 6:26:05 PM PDT by marshmallow
A prominent pro-life priest known for his nonviolent attempts to hinder the operation of abortion clinics to save unborn children faces federal charges for padlocking closed the gate to a New York abortion clinic in July, blocking the entrance to the clinic in the hopes of counseling the women seeking an abortion that day to reconsider.
Father Fidelis Moscinski, 52, a priest of the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal (CFR), was charged last week under the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act, a 1994 federal law that prohibits the blocking of access to abortion clinics.
According to a Sept. 29 release from the Department of Justice, Moscinski — whom the release identifies as “Christopher” — arrived at the Planned Parenthood of Greater New York clinic in Hempstead, New York, the morning of July 7 wearing civilian garb.
He allegedly fastened several padlocks and bicycle locks, some with glue poured in them, onto the gated entrance of the clinic. Later, while wearing his friar’s habit, he lay in front of the gate to block access to the abortion clinic with his body. The clinic reportedly remained closed for two hours as a result of his actions.
The DOJ says first-time convictions of the FACE Act are misdemeanor violations punishable by up to one year in federal prison; subsequent convictions are a felony. The FACE Act prohibits “violent, threatening, damaging, and obstructive conduct intended to injure, intimidate, or interfere with the right to seek, obtain, or provide reproductive health services,” according to the DOJ.
Terrisa Bukovinac, founder and executive director of the pro-life group Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising (PAAU), decried the charges against Moscinski in an Oct. 2 statement.
Bukovinac said the FACE Act was enacted primarily to quash the efforts of Operation Rescue, whose members would frequently try to.........
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Anarcho tyranny: Punish the innocent, reward the guilty.
How can you be blocking access to an abortion clinic if youre standing on a public sidewalk ???
I often have to walk around people standing on the sidewalk
Should I call a policeman ???
Hearing the story and kids put on the ground with guns pointed toward them is grounds for prison or hanging.
…done by the FBI. Which needs to be abolished!!
I don’t see where the federal Covent gets the power to make such a law.
NY can pass such a law for NY, but the US Congress can’t.
As per Nestor, federal pensions are by the grace of Congress.
It was probably the padlocking the gate.
I know right where that is. There’s a fence with a gate right against the sidewalk with the parking lot on the other side.
“He fastened several padlocks and bicycle locks...” My friends and I did this to abortion clinics in San Francisco in 1985. Yes, there are better ways to shut down the abortion industry.
Bkmk
The FACE Act prohibits “violent, threatening, damaging, and obstructive conduct intended to injure, intimidate, or interfere with the right to seek, obtain, or provide reproductive health services,”
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Hey!
Walmart locks up the Condoms.
Obstructive conduct to interfere with reproductive health.
FACE act violation.
I often have to walk around people standing on the sidewalk
Should I call a policeman ???
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Maybe, if you are heading to an abortion clinic.
Even if it is a few towns over.
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