Friar charged with blocking access to Long Island Planned Parenthood clinic
Father Fidelis Moscinski, a member of the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal, leads fellow pro-life advocates in prayer outside a Planned Parenthood ...
Father Fidelis Moscinski, a member of the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal, leads fellow pro-life advocates in prayer outside a Planned Parenthood center in the Hempstead section of Long Island, N.Y., Sept. 19, 2020. The friar was charged in federal court Sept. 29, 2022, with violating Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act, or FACE Act, for allegedly blocking access to the facility. (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz) Central Islip, N.Y. — Fr. Fidelis Moscinski, a Franciscan Friar of the Renewal, has been charged with violating the federal Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act, or FACE Act, for allegedly blocking access to a Planned Parenthood of Greater New York facility in the Hempstead section of Long Island, New York.