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WisconsinChristianNews.com
Volume 25, Issue 2
Justice Department Hounds Elderly Concentration Camp Survivor, Ignores Serial Church Arsonist
By Tommy Valentine May 2024
up to 11 years in prison, and up to $250k in fines.)
fighting to throw Eva in jail failed to prose- cute Bennet for these multiple and obvious FACE Act violations. It has also failed to federally prosecute a single one of the more than 400 egregious FACE Act violations
Sores covered nearly every inch of Eva Edl’s emaciated young body. People gagged when they came near her; bed bugs, fleas and lice were devouring her “festering body.”
Meanwhile, pro-abortion rights extremists firebomb, vandalize and terrorize pro-life
against churches since May 2020, or to meaningfully ad- dress the 90 attacks on preg- nancy resource centers across the nation since May 2022. These attacks don’t involve prayer and hymns. They’ve involved fire-bombings and arson, vandalism of preg- nancy clinics and churches, spray painted threats on clinic and church walls, de- capitated statues, smashed glass, disrupted church services, blocking of church entrances and even physical attacks on priests and
These sickening details are only a fraction of the horrors young Eva suffered as a vic- tim of the most dreaded communist death camp in Yugoslavia after World War II: Gakova. After years of liv- ing in hell, facing death daily, Eva’s family finally es- caped to the U.S. They be- lieved that America was free, and that their rights would be protected by a govern- ment with their best inter- ests at heart.
centers and churches with impunity.
parishioners. They have cost at least $25 million in damages to churches, while in- timidating hundreds of peaceful Christian and pro-life communities. That’s why we just sent a letter to the Justice Department highlighting again the disparity in its enforcement of the FACE Act. Our letter demanded that the depart- ment do its job and defend pro-life Ameri- cans from violence.
Today, the government they trusted is fighting to throw 87-year-old Eva into prison for her pro-life advocacy. Sadly, Eva’s plight perfectly exemplifies how dangerous the weaponization of the U.S. government has become, and how far the left will go to punish anyone who inter- feres with their radical agenda. Eva is one of four pro-life advocates re- cently convicted under the Freedom to Ac- cess Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act, which prohibits the use of force, threat of force or physical obstruction to prevent women from obtaining or providing “reproductive health care services.” In March 2021, Eva and other pro-life ad- vocates participated in a prayer protest in- side a Tennessee abortion clinic. The pro-lifers stood in front of the clinic’s doors while peacefully singing Christian hymns and praying. For this, they face up to six months in prison, five years of “supervised release” and fines up to $10,000. (Typically, FACE Act violations carry a maximum sentence of
It is unquestionable that Eva and her pro- life compatriots’ prosecutions are intended to send a message. The FBI and Depart- ment of Justice have prosecuted nonviolent pro-life offenders with the FACE Act, while turning a blind eye to the violent, ongoing and terrifying attacks on other institutions protected by the FACE Act: churches and pregnancy help centers. My organization has been highlighting this dangerous double-standard, warning Americans that the Justice Department and FBI are exploiting the FACE Act to target and harass individuals like Eva who stand in the way of their extremist agendas. Just this month, a man named Elliot Ben- net set fire to a Catholic Church in New Jer- sey. This was the third time Bennet had committed acts of violence or vandalism against the church since 2018, the 21st at- tack on a Catholic Church in 2024, the 274th attack since May 2022 and the 412th attack since May 2020.
We have little reason to believe our letter will elicit tangible change.
Our past experiences calling on the Jus- tice Department and FBI to fairly enforce the law have been met with stonewalling, empty answers and no meaningful action. At the very least, however, we hope that our letter serves as a warning to Americans and to Republicans in Congress who have the opportunity to take a stand against the Biden administration’s weaponized agen- cies. Eva’s sentencing is set for July. Learn more at: SheLooksLikeMyLittleGirl.com
Yet the same Justice Department that is
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