Planned Parenthood Abortion Deathscort Employed at Catholic Charities

In protest of Howard Brown, "Catholic" Charities counselor / Planned Parenthood escort (!!).
Time: Wednesday, May 1
6:00-7:30 pm
Location: Hawthorne Hotel
18 Washington Square West
“On the Common”
Salem, MA

It looks as if the embattled Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston hasn't learned a single thing about the dangers of covering up problems such as the horrendous pedophile priests scandal - it now refuses to discuss having an official of a Catholic Charities organization under its authority working as a volunteer at an abortion butchery.

When Ed Oliver, a MassNews reporter asked both the Boston Archdiocese and the Dorchester branch of Catholic Charities about Howard M. Brown, a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker and director of Counseling Services at Catholic Charities, moonlighting as a volunteer at Planned Parenthood's abortuary, he ran into a stone wall.

"Neither the Archdiocese of Boston nor Catholic Charities of Greater Boston expressed concern over Brown's abortion activities when contacted by MassNews," Oliver wrote, noting that his phone calls "to several departments of the Archdiocese of Boston, including Cardinal Law's office, Human Resources, and the Pro-Life office, resulted in hostility or bureaucratic indifference and referrals back to Catholic Charities."

Incredibly, Brown has been assisting Planned Parenthood in the Boston area as a volunteer for the last 10 years and in other states before that, Oliver revealed in the Feb. 20 issue of MassNews.

Pro-Lifers fear that Brown, who they termed an infiltrator, may be sending women who come to him in his capacity as a Catholic Charities pregnancy counselor to Planned Parenthood for abortions.

"It is shocking that Catholic Charities employs a person who actively assists in destroying unborn babies," Thomas M. Harvey, chairman of Mass. Citizens for Life, told Oliver. "Assistance in this violence is a direct contradiction of Catholic teaching. It could not be less Catholic nor less charitable. Rather, it's scandalous. We call on Catholic Charities for his immediate termination."

And C.J. Doyle, executive director of the Catholic Action League of Massachusetts, told MassNews, "It's appalling, scandalous and disgraceful that an employee of a Catholic organization would participate in the willful killing of innocent pre-born children."

Brown, whose job at Catholic Charities is counseling pregnant women on the alternatives to abortion, volunteers his Saturdays escorting women into Planned Parenthood's abortion clinic in Boston where their unborn babies are routinely killed.

It was that aspect of his life that led to his exposure as what amounts to a double agent. Brown was called to testify in court recently against a tiny pro-life woman, Sheryl Fitzpatrick, who was charged with assault in a sidewalk incident that occurred last July outside Planned Parenthood in Boston.

Fitzpatrick, however, insisted that she was the victim - that Planned Parenthood escorts, including Brown, had manhandled her. She was cleared of the charge, Oliver reported.

According to MassNews, "Pro-life courtroom observers became suspicious of Brown after he dodged a question by Fitzpatrick's lawyer about where he was employed. Subsequent research revealed his employment with Catholic Charities."

After being cleared, Fitzpatrick sent an e-mail to Dr. Joseph Doolin, President of Catholic Charities. According to MassNews she wrote:

MassNews tried to contact both Dr. Doolin and the Rev. Phillip B. Early, the No. 2 man at Catholic Charities. Neither man responded to messages.

Brown himself rebuffed MassNews when they attempted to interview him at his Catholic Charities office. The following day, a Saturday, when most abortions are performed, they found him stationed outside the Boston abortuary. He was wearing his blue Planned Parenthood vest and a radio headset and again refused to speak to MassNews. He was rescued by his Planned Parenthood supervisor, who said her escorts were not permitted to speak to the media.

Maureen March, a spokeswoman for Catholic Charities, refused to answer MassNews' questions about Brown "other than to grudgingly acknowledge that he is a counselor. The fact that he is the Director of Counseling Services had to be verified independently."

Shockingly, March admitted that Catholic Charities was fully aware of Brown's activities, but she said, "Catholic Charities' hiring policies are more like a company's hiring policies than, say, of the Archdiocese. We're the social service agency of the Archdiocese, but we don't discriminate based on religion, race, sexual orientation, or any of those types of things. Because we take federal money and that sort of thing, we have to adhere to separate hiring and firing regulations."

When asked what would happen if her organization - in light of the Catholic Church's opposition to abortion - learned a counselor was working at an abortion clinic after he was hired, she said, "That type of counseling is not our policy. Our policy is to give abortion alternatives. If he is not adhering to our policy, then that would be dealt with just as with any other employee that doesn't adhere to our policies."

She added that Brown is extremely qualified for the job and Catholic Charities "does not grill people" about things they do on their own time.

Would that hold true if the things a person does on his own time included pedophilia?

Last night saw about 17 pro-lifers in front of the Hawthorne Hotel in Salem, MA to protest the employment of Howard Brown, Planned Parenthood "escort," as a counselor at Catholic Charities. The event at the Hawthorne was a fundraiser for Catholic Charities. Some who appeared to be Catholic Charities employees were visibly upset by our presence, while other attendees displayed agreement with our cause. There is an unconfirmed report that Mr. Brown has been given his notice, and that he will soon be laid off — but similar reports in recent months have proven fruitless.

Very well done, folks! I applaud your efforts. If we had a dedicated group of people doing this in every diocese across the country, real progress could be made. May the Holy Spirit continue to awaken the hearts of the faithful across America and the world.

IMHO, if some dioceses are reduced to paupery, that wouldn't be such a bad thing. Poverty, after all, is a virtue and it will help defeat the vanity that infects some members of the hierarchy.

IMHO, if some dioceses are reduced to paupery, that wouldn't be such a bad thing. Poverty, after all, is a virtue and it will help defeat the vanity that infects some members of the hierarchy.

My concern is that important ministries would be cut or eliminated. For instance, could the Diocese of Cleveland survive without this:

Cleveland Diocese Logo: Decapitated Dove inside a Rainbow Colored Triangle [not a joke]

Some who appeared to be Catholic Charities employees were visibly upset by our presence, while other attendees displayed agreement with our cause.

It seems as if Catholic Charities has been infiltrated, and that Cardinal Law isn't interested.

I've been to a few march for life's in Boston and DC, and I've seen Cardinal Law march in them. I've also seen (the prophet) Bill Kotter holding up huge banners (30' long) with the words, "Excommunicate Kennedy and Kerry." I've seen Law talk to him on several occassions. But I don't see anything being done.

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