Activist sentenced to nearly 5 years in prison for clinic blockade
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Activist sentenced to nearly 5 years in prison for clinic blockade

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WASHINGTON (OSV News) — Lauren Handy has received a sentence of almost five years in federal incarceration — 57 months — for organizing a blockade in Washington abortion clinic on Oct. 22, 2020.

Handy, 30, from Alexandria, Virginia, has previously served brief jail sentences for interfering with activities at abortion clinics in both Michigan and Virginia. This penalty, her most extended to date, was issued by U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly on May 14. Prosecutors from the Justice Department had suggested a sentence of 78 months in prison.

The judge informed Handy that neither she “nor any of the other co-conspirators” had demonstrated compassion or understanding towards the women at the clinic. “Your opinions took priority over, quite frankly, their human necessities,” she stated.

Lauren Handy sentenced for abortion clinic blockade

Handy chose not to give a statement during her sentencing. As she was escorted out, numerous individuals in the courtroom yelled, “You’re a hero, Lauren!” Among them was Monica Miller, the leader of the Michigan-based Red Rose Rescue, a pro-life organization in which Handy has been involved.

Cardinal Fernández responds to concerns by abuse survivors about astonishing book
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Cardinal Fernández responds to concerns by abuse survivors about astonishing book

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(OSV News) — The Vatican’s doctrinal leader informed OSV News that a contentious book he authored over 25 years ago is “inconvenient by modern standards …” and “did not possess the practicality” he had anticipated when he wrote it.

In an email dated Feb. 2, Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, the leader of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, addressed multiple inquiries from OSV News concerning “La pasión mística: espiritualidad y sensualidad” (“Mystical Passion: Spirituality and Sensuality“), released in 1998 when he was still serving as a priest in Argentina.

The DDF prefect informed OSV News that he acquired “the limited copies that were found in a few bookstores and disposed of them.”

The book presented itself as “a call to explore the realm of fervent love that resides in the core of our existence.”

Three chapters of the book specifically address orgasms, with the concluding chapter named “God and the couple’s orgasm.” Additionally, another section narrates the experience of a 16-year-old girl’s “intense meeting with Jesus,” where she touches him on the beach and kisses his lips.