San Mateo Catholic Church bans anti-abortion activist

[ismnotwasm]

"St. Matthew Catholic Church in San Mateo has banned anti-abortion activist Ross Foti from the parish following a disagreement between the pastor and Foti about whether Foti should cover up his graphic anti-abortion message and which Masses he should attend.
The Rev. Anthony McGuire notified the 72-year-old Belmont resident, in a sharply worded letter dated Sept. 24, that he is not welcome at the church.

"You informed me that you would not conform with one of the demands which we had agreed to on Thursday, Sept. 20; namely that you would not attend the children's Mass on Friday mornings," McGuire wrote to Foti. "You also agreed to cover the pictures and words on your truck when you came to church. Because you reversed your position ... you are no longer welcome at St. Matthew's Church."

Parents have long complained that their children were being exposed to his graphic poster-size images of aborted fetuses and written words on his truck, which he parks in a public lot adjacent to the church during Mass several days a week. He protests at Planned Parenthood on Palm Avenue in San Mateo after Mass"


http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_7027605

Children's Mass. Nice.

[smokey nj]

1. Foti sounds like a nutjob. A psychiatrist would probably help him more than mass does.

Of course the pastor sided with the parents, I'm sure quite a few of them threatened to pull their kids out of the school if he didn't do anything about it.

I finally saw "Jesus Camp" this week, and I find it sickening how they shove the forced birth bullshit down the throats of very young children. I think it borders on abusive.

[bliss_eternal]

2. Not one for subtlety, is he...?

Poster sized images of aborted fetuses? Nice. :eyes:

[Book Lover]

3. I have seen this bastard's truck

I used to work in Belmont and saw him parading his truck shamefully around shopping areas frequently. I am not surprised the pastor banned this SOB.

[ismnotwasm]

4. Such a creep.

Very scary to me.