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BW.^V-w'^ Program passes Despite tow efwtbnertt, dfcxesan criteria o tecer»t ^itfecm tetter speSed out for good jwfesriy formation pfo- gfttro* Page 7. A. ' « Coti tatdlnol Moofiey ^nd A^utnos ;tlwSe<rtfc»i 5 OassBS^fli'soccer touf- Viomem with wfns fet die CfUOfterftnaf Catholic Diocese of Roche&te Pro-life activists escalate siege on abortion clinics By Richard A. Kiley The battle between pro-life and pro-choice activists came to a head last weekend as po- lice in at least 32 cities across the United States — including Rochester, Binghamton and Buffalo — arrested more than 2,000 anti- abortion demonstrators attempting to close clinics and stop employees and pregnant wom- en from entering doctors' offices. Sixty-six members of Project Life of Roch- ester were arrested outside the gynecological clinic of Dr. Morris Wortman, 200 White Spruce Blvd., Brighton. Father Anthony P. Mugavero, parochial vic- ar at St. Theodore's Church in Rochester, was among 17 people jailed Saturday, Oct. 29, for either failing to properly identify themselves to arresting officers or because they had been arrested at a similar demonstration in Bright- on on September 24. According to police officials, those arrest- ed were charged with third-degree criminal trespassing, resisting arrest or related charges and taken to Monroe County Jail. Brighton Town-Justice John J. Ark set bail for each of the 17 at $500 cash or $1,000 bond. . Uiey, are to appear Jnccourt. November 14. Father Mugavero, who took part in a sit-in at the Brighton doctor's office in late Septem- ber, posted bail late Saturday night. The di- ocesan priest had requested a hardship release, but turned it down when he was told the re- lease would be granted on the condition that he stay out of Brighton. In a phone interview Monday afternoon, Oct. 31, Father Mugavero said he was deter- mined as ever to continue his fight for \a hu- man being's right to live. \Innocent lives are being taken; it seems cra- zy to do nothing? said the priest, who is sched- uled to appear in court on November 9 to face charges from the first Brighton demonstration. \It (abortion) is a direct attack on a person j who is being unjustly treated. I've got to be \ there.\ j About 300 pro-choice demonstrators ; marched on the sidewalks in front of Genesee \ Hospital between 9 and 10:30 a.m. on Satur- day, which was billed as \National Day of Res- cue\ by pro-life activists. A coalition of family planning and community organizations spon- sored the pro-choice demonstration in support of the 1973 Supreme Court decision legalizing m I*- ls' & I DougMeizler Prorlife demonstrators, armed with signs and voices; gathered on Saturday, Oct. 29, at the office of a Brighton g^necplpgUt who performs abortions. Rochester activists joined protesters in 32 U.S. cities for a \day of rescues,\ in which more than 2,000 people were arrested nationwide. j|;\^mail pleads for alternatives to anti-abortion activists* tactics EDITOR'S NdTE: We received the following anonymous essay last week from a diocesan pastor who has assured us of its truthfulness. In an unsigned note accompanying the essay, its author explained that she had been struggling to write-it for the•past lOyears. The following._story is true. If I used my name, I think my fellow parishioners would be iii shock. Regardless, it is my story and one I choose to share for various reasons. I am writing this article to the dedicated' people who work in the pro-life organizations. It is my hope that some of the|se groups will see that their tactics are hot always the best method. . I am .writing this for teenagers, although there are few who will read this paper other! than to catch a classmate^ article on the Youth Page. I am writing this to some of my confessors, one to be specific, who had about as much compassion as Hitler. . And I am writing, this article in the hopes that maybe somewhere some teenager will learn that my choices were wrong — DEAD wrong. Maybe they won't be repeated if this story is passed on to those most at risk. I grew up in the suburbs — a well-to-do, large, Catholic family, paro- chial schools, station wagon, pajama parties — the whole nine yards. My parents were very well-educated. They were not alcoholics; they had had privileged childhoods themselves. They are still together. They were well- respected and gave the impression of the American Dream fulfilled. I enjoyed luxuries many of my friends did not have. But things were not what they seemed. Was it the beatings that initially opened the crack? I don't mean spankings on the behind, I'm talking about fractures and stitches, pushes down the stairs and clothes ripped in Continued on Page 16 I V m^tr? 14*. 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