Worshipers feared for their lives during Easter Mass at St. Pat’s (Disrupted by animal rights activists)

[mountaineer]

Worshipers feared for their lives during Easter Mass at St. Pat’s
March 27, 2016
New York Post

Worshipers attending Easter Mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral got the scare of their lives when a band of unruly protesters disrupted the event.

“I thought they were going to blow themselves up,” worshiper Carol Forester, 50, confessed.

A group of six animal-rights protesters abruptly leaped up from a pew in the middle of the service and shouted, “Easter is a time for love! No more shedding animal blood!” while holding up signs of animals pleading for their lives.

About 20 minutes into Rev. Damian O’Connell’s noon Mass, protester Jacob Martin, 23, rose out of his seat in the center of the church and started to walk down the aisle while shouting into a bullhorn that “only the devil” could create “animals capable of love and joy just so humans can make them suffer and die.”

Martin, who is a former University of North Carolina student and identifies as a Christian, also had a camera strapped to his chest, which worshippers believed was an explosive.

Martin was arrested and charged with interrupting a religious service, according to police.

“I was terrified,” said Cindy Calitri, 52. “I thought it was a bomb. There was something on his chest with lights flashing.”

Police and security promptly rushed over and hauled Martin out the door while the remaining protesters followed with signs of pigs, chickens and cows that read, “Will You Let Me Live?”

“Ham is a big thing on Easter, so that’s why we decided to bring those voices to the public,” explained protester Raffaella Ciavatta, 31, who also organized a protest outside of Chick-fil-A’s grand opening in New York City last fall.

Meanwhile, O’Connell recited a prayer for the protesters, saying how “Pope Francis calls us to interact peacefully with those who oppose us.”

The disturbance came about two hours after Timothy Cardinal Dolan held the 10:15 a.m. Mass there.

Shouldn't they have protested at a grocery store, restaurant or meat packing plant if they truly were concerned over Easter ham? Did they think ham was part of a typical Mass? 

[musiclady]

Worshipers feared for their lives during Easter Mass at St. Pat’s
March 27, 2016
New York Post

Shouldn't they have protested at a grocery store, restaurant or meat packing plant if they truly were concerned over Easter ham? Did they think ham was part of a typical Mass? 

Maybe the seaweed they've been eating made its way to their brains....   

[Wingnut]

“Pope Francis calls us to interact peacefully with those who oppose us.”

The Pope and Father O’Connell’s may turn the other cheek but I would like to whack that attention whore upside his head with a hambone.

[mountaineer]

What the heck? Here's another Easter Sunday incident:

Man armed with rifle and gun arrested at Bellevue Baptist Church Easter service
Posted 6:00 am, March 28, 2016, by George Brown, Updated at 08:21am, March 28, 2016

MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- A man is undergoing a mental evaluation after being taken into custody at Bellevue Baptist Church Easter morning.

Police said security saw a male in the church who was armed. A church security guard took the man into custody without incident.

Police say, Marcus Donald, 31, had loaded 40 caliber Beretta in a pants pocket. Donald also had a 300 Blackout rifle in his backpack.

Police said Donald told them "people in society are a threat to him and that he must be vigilant."

He was arrested for emergency commitment for a mental evaluation.

It does not appear Donald made any threats toward the church or its congregation.

A Bellevue spokesman sent the following statement:      “A heavily armed man entered our building today about 11:00 a.m. He was stopped by our security people before he could enter the sanctuary, and was subsequently arrested by Memphis Police. We are thankful for the diligence of our security people and the Memphis Police Department.” ...

WREG