{"id":2715,"date":"2008-10-12T17:25:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-12T17:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2008\/10\/randall-terry-arrested-at-catholic-cathedral.html"},"modified":"2008-10-12T17:25:00","modified_gmt":"2008-10-12T17:25:00","slug":"randall-terry-arrested-at-catholic-cathedral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2008\/10\/randall-terry-arrested-at-catholic-cathedral.html","title":{"rendered":"Randall Terry arrested at Catholic cathedral"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the most outspoken anti-abortion activists in America found himself under arrest last week — at a Catholic church. <\/p>\n

Catholic Online has the story<\/a>, and a press release about the incident: <\/p>\n

<\/a>Randall Terry, the Founder of Operation Rescue and convert to the Catholic Church,has issued the following Press Release:<\/p>\n

“It is with great grief that I report to you that I, Randall Terry, along with Brian Sherwood and Joseph Landry, were arrested on Respect Life Sunday, October 5, at St. Thomas More Cathedral in Arlington, Virginia. We were charged with trespass, held by the police for four hours, then released.We were arrested for handing out a pro-life brochure on the church parking lot entitled, Faithful Catholic Citizenship. Faithful Catholic Citizenship is based upon quotes from John Paul II from Evangelium Vitae (The Gospel of Life.) Read it at www.humbleplea.com<\/a>. (See link for Faithful Catholic Citizenship.)<\/p>\n

The reason certain bishops find this literature alarming, is because it actually names Obama as a die hard supporter of child-killing. The argument is simple: since Obama would extend the murder of the innocent, a Catholic cannot vote for him with a clear conscience in this election. Certain bishops are hamstrung with the fear of losing their “tax-exempt status” if they name a candidate in an election cycle. So the name “Obama” is off limits, and so is any literature that names him.<\/p>\n

The great irony is that we were arrested at St. Thomas More Cathedral. St.Thomas More was arrested, tried, and beheaded because he believed that the authority of the Church is not subject to the state.A greater irony still is that St. Thomas More refused to follow the English bishops in their servitude to Henry VIII. Those bishops betrayed God and the successor of St. Peter by their silence and obedience in the matter of Henry VIII’s divorce, remarriage, and his hellish proclamation that he was the Supreme Head of the Church.<\/p>\n

The parallels between those English bishops and American bishops today are disturbing and glaring to any student of theology and history.In exchange for silence and obedience, English bishops saved their lives. In exchange for silence and obedience, American bishops save their tax exempt status.But oh! Behold the horrifying fruit of cowardice in English bishops! Millions of the faithful were led astray, and the Church of England is now reprobate \u2013 embracing a multitude of heresies and abominations. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Continue at the link for the rest<\/a> of the release.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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