Mr. Frank Shoofy, the lawyer who had volunteered to work free of charge to assist boxer Reggie Chartrand in his court action against the Morgentaler abortion clinic, was gunned down as he let his office after working late, on the night of October 15. His body was found in the corridor, outside his office door, by the cleaner, at about 11 p.m.; [...]
I woke Reggie Chartrand up when I phoned him in Montreal from Toronto. (He works shifts in a Montreal restaurant.) The former militant separatist was a bit groggy but quickly got the cobwebs out of his head and was soon busy denouncing “Dr. Morgentaler Millionaire” for his killing of helpless babies in the womb. Reggie is mounting a vigorous crusade against establishing [...]
On Friday October 11, Premier Peterson went to Emeryville (near Windsor) to honour Dick Ruston, Essex North liberal MPP for 17 years, who retired from politics earlier in the year. He was one of the 375 guests who packed the Knights of Columbus hall. As the Premier entered the hall he “received some vocal opposition from more than 100 local anti-abortion protestors [...]
Charging that existing political parties subscribe to a “religion” of “humanistic socialism,” a group in the Vancouver area has formed a new national political party, the Christian Party of Canada. William Stillwell, the interim party president, says that the group began to organize in the spring of 1984, working on a constitution and policies. When the last federal election was called, supporters [...]
A jury in Nelson, British Columbia has determined that Jim Demers, a Nelson Pro-Life activist and a founder of Nelson Future Life, the local Pro-Life organization, is guilty on a charge of theft under $200 and guilty on a charge of mischief. Demers was found not guilty on a third charge of possession of stolen property stemming from an incident at Kootenay [...]
The Magi then and now Christmas is a birthday; and though it happened long past, that first event is present in more than merely festive ways. It echoes strangely in recent events. One thousand nine hundred and eighty five years ago, three men traveled long distances to witness the birth of a baby. Each felt compelled to go, out of wonder, out [...]
A new development in the pro-life movement this year has been the ever-increasing number of charges laid against picketers in Toronto. As these cases have gone through the courts, a number of important precedents have been set. The following is a summary of cases to date. In December 1984, 14 pro-lifers were charged with trespass following an incident on the steps at [...]
The last few months have seen the gradual development of an effective sidewalk counselling operation, organized by Campaign Life Toronto. Several babies have now been saved from abortion at the Morgentaler abortuary as a result of this new effort. It is expected that improved training, more committed and capable volunteers, and further development of the support structure will result in many more [...]
There must be millions of people in the world who are trying to avoid arrest. But I’m not one of them. In consultation with some other pro-life friends I decided that the time had come to do something symbolic and dramatic in defence of the Unborn. Never enough I had written, preached, lectured and shown slides on abortion and the rights of [...]
On October 24, I padlocked the back gates of the Morgentaler abortion clinic in Toronto. As expected, I was arrested; I was charged under Section 387 1 (c) of the Criminal Code (mischief against private property). Later in the day I was taken before a judge. The Crown Attorney requested that bail consist of a simple agreement not to come within five [...]
On November 14, pro-life picketer Dan McCash was found not guilty by provincial court judge J.J. Belobradic. Mr. McCash has acted as a pro-life counselor at the abortuary two or three times a week during the noon hour since last spring. He has spoken to patients and staff on a number of occasions in an attempt to dissuade them from having or [...]
Three clergymen, two Catholic priests and a Baptist minister, were arrested for padlocking the Morgentaler abortuary on October 24, 29 and 31, respectively. Father Alphonse de Valk (53); Father Ted Colleton (72); and Rev. Fred Vaughn (59) were charged with “public mischief.” The trial date for all three has been set for December 9. Father de Valk, the first of the trio [...]
It was a long, hard fight, but for the pro-lifers of Ste. Thérèse, it was worth the effort. It started in the early months of 1985, when the Local Community Service Centre in Ste. Thérèse decided to offer abortion as one of its services, as many other LCSCs are doing in Quebec, with the support of the Quebec Department of social Affairs, [...]
Pro-lifers listened in shock as a police officer testified in a Toronto courtroom that the officers have orders from Chief Jack Marks not to arrest the Harbord Street abortionists on charges relating to Section 251 of the Criminal Code. The testimony came during the trial of five pro-lifers on November 20. The five, Barbara and Tom Brown, Antonio Conhoto, Stephen Jalsevac, and [...]
The correct address for the newly-formed Birth Control Victims Association, featured in last month’s issue of The Interim is: Unit 14, Four Winds Drive, Downsview, Ontario M3J 1K7, (416) 661-6935