Priest Smashes Car Into Abortion Clinic
From Times Wire Reports
A Catholic priest smashed his car into an abortion clinic in Rockford, Ill., then chopped at the building with an ax until the owner fired two shotgun blasts to stop him, police said. The clinic was not open and nobody was injured. The man drove through a door at the Abortion Access Northern Illinois Women’s Center. The Rev. John Earl, 32, was arrested and charged with burglary and felony criminal damage to property, Deputy Police Chief Dominic Iasparro said.
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