Fr. Mark Hodges
DUBLIN, Ireland, September 26, 2017 (LifeSiteNews) — A major pro-life event has been moved to another venue after a hotel/conference center received so many threats of violence from pro-abortionists that management was forced to cancel.
The Catholic Herald reported that the Ashling Hotel in Dublin told Human Life International that it was concerned for the safety of participants and guests and would have to cancel its pro-life conference scheduled for Saturday, September 30.
But HLI found another location. The conference, featuring a world renowned researcher and top breast cancer surgeon, is now scheduled for Thursday at the Spencer Hotel in Dublin and Sunday at the Silver Springs Hotel in Cork.
Pro-abortionists in Dublin had mounted a serious intimidation campaign against the Ashling Hotel. After receiving violent threats via email and social media, the hotel manager called HLI executive director Patrick McCrystal to cancel.
The manager told McCrystal that he received 50 pages of threatening messages over various media and that a Facebook page against the conference had been set up. Abortionist supporters also came to the hotel to threaten a protest demonstration unless the hotel cancelled.
The threats, “diatribes” and “intimidation” bothered
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