UK priest, lay volunteer acquitted after being charged for silent prayer ‘thoughtcrime’

UK priest, lay volunteer acquitted after being charged for silent prayer ‘thoughtcrime’ Fr Sean Gough, a priest in Wolverhampton, England, and Isabel Vaughan-Spruce, a pregnancy counsellor in Worcester, are pictured on February 16. District Judge David Wain dismissed charges against the two in a matter of seconds in a hearing at Birmingham Magistrates Court in England. Photo: OSV News/Simon Caldwell.

A court has acquitted a Catholic priest and a pregnancy counsellor of crimes in connection with the “harassment of abortion clinic clients”. District Judge David Wain February 16 dismissed charges against Fr Sean Gough and Isabel Vaughan-Spruce, in a matter of seconds, in a hearing at Birmingham Magistrates Court. Ms Vaughan-Spruce, co-director of March for…

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