By Nicolás de Cárdenas
The Foundation of Christian Lawyers of Spain has filed a complaint against a pro-abortion organization whose activists allegedly harassed worshippers attending Mass and spray-painted offensive slogans on church walls during a protest.
On Sept. 28, during a pro-abortion protest march through the streets of Barcelona, demonstrators “attacked the parish of Santa Maria del Remei in the Las Corts neighborhood,” according to a statement posted Oct. 17 on the organization’s website.
The complaint filed against the ruling states that “the aggressors reproached the parishioners who attended Mass in addition to painting graffiti with phrases such as [a piece of] ‘trash church, you are a dictatorship’ or ‘abusive priests prohibit abortion. ‘”
According to the lawyers, the organization was responsible for the harassment and vandalism of the Association for Sexual and Reproductive Rights.
The Christian Lawyers Foundation also pointed out that “this is not the first time that acts have taken place in this parish led by those same groups. “
The demonstrators allegedly staged an illegal demonstration with an aggravating circumstance of discrimination and committed property damage, as well as crimes against freedom and ancient heritage, the organization said.
In the statement, the president of the institution, Polonia Castellanos, said that “in a democratic state believers are not allowed to attend devotional services. “
In addition, he criticized the fact that “attacks on religious freedom come from the same sectors of the population” and that “this is one more example of how left-wing governments try to impose their anti-Christian ideology by allowing these attacks. “on the basic rights of all Catholics.
On the day of the protest, the Association for Sexual and Reproductive Rights posted on X a photo of the demonstrators in front of the church with the statement: “NOT ONE STEP BACK, stop the offensive against abortion!We want to take to the streets, continue to organize, and with wonderful political clarity, challenge all the agents who galvanize institutional violence, whether it’s health care, justice, or the police.
This article was first published through ACI Prensa, CNA’s Spanish-language news partner. It has been translated and adapted through CNA.