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By James Tillman
WASHINGTON, DC, June 7, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Following a journey from Reform Judaism through the Episcopal Church, pro-life hero Deacon Paul Schenck, who was involved in founding Operation Rescue, is soon to be ordained as a Catholic priest.
“I consider the most important pro-life battlefield to be religious indifference,” he told LifeSiteNews. “I hope that as a Catholic priest, I’ll help to awaken Catholics and all people of conscience from the slumber of indifference to authentic concern and effort to defend innocent lives.”
Schenck, together with his brother Robert, was raised as a Reform Jew on Grand Island, New York. He and his brother both converted to Christianity in 1974, when Paul was 16.
In addition to his involvement in founding Operation Rescue, Schenck has been arrested multiple times for his pro-life activities. He was also the lead plaintiff in the landmark case Schenck v. Pro-Choice Network of Western New York in 1997.
This case found that the 15-foot “floating buffer zones” indiscriminately applied to all clients and vehicles entering abortion facility property were an unconstitutional violation of freedom of speech. The court ruled that such “zones would restrict the speech of those who simply line the sidewalk or curb in an effort to chant, shout, or hold signs peacefully.” The same case found, however, that fixed buffer zones were constitutional.
Schenck is founder and chairman of the National Pro-Life Action Center in Washington, DC.
lifesitenews.com/ldn/2010/jun/10060802.html
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By James Tillman
WASHINGTON, DC, June 7, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Following a journey from Reform Judaism through the Episcopal Church, pro-life hero Deacon Paul Schenck, who was involved in founding Operation Rescue, is soon to be ordained as a Catholic priest.
“I consider the most important pro-life battlefield to be religious indifference,” he told LifeSiteNews. “I hope that as a Catholic priest, I’ll help to awaken Catholics and all people of conscience from the slumber of indifference to authentic concern and effort to defend innocent lives.”
Schenck, together with his brother Robert, was raised as a Reform Jew on Grand Island, New York. He and his brother both converted to Christianity in 1974, when Paul was 16.
In addition to his involvement in founding Operation Rescue, Schenck has been arrested multiple times for his pro-life activities. He was also the lead plaintiff in the landmark case Schenck v. Pro-Choice Network of Western New York in 1997.
This case found that the 15-foot “floating buffer zones” indiscriminately applied to all clients and vehicles entering abortion facility property were an unconstitutional violation of freedom of speech. The court ruled that such “zones would restrict the speech of those who simply line the sidewalk or curb in an effort to chant, shout, or hold signs peacefully.” The same case found, however, that fixed buffer zones were constitutional.
Schenck is founder and chairman of the National Pro-Life Action Center in Washington, DC.
lifesitenews.com/ldn/2010/jun/10060802.html