Philadelphia, Pa., May 8, 2019 / 16:15 pm
Archbishop Charles Chaput of Philadelphia called for broad participation in a pro-life rally this week, scheduled in response to a Penslyvania state representative's livestreamed harassment of a woman praying outside of a Planned Parenthood clinic.
"These videos, which Representative Sims took himself, have rightly sparked broad outrage ... His actions were unbecoming of an elected official," Archbishop Chaput said in a statement released May 8.
"I'm calling on all people of good will to channel their indignation into right action and prayerful witness," he said.
The archbishop invited prayerful participation in a rally May 10 at 11am outside of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Planned Parenthood, the same clinic at which state Rep. Brian Sims filmed himself aggressively questioning a woman praying the rosary across the street from a Planned Parenthood May 2.