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Mark Houck
Mark Houck and wife sue FBI and DOJ for malicious prosecution: Era of targeting pro-lifers ‘is over’
By Peter Pinedo CNA Staff, Nov 8, 2023 / 14:27 pm Months after being unanimously acquitted of all charges against him, Catholic father and pro-life activist Mark Houck and his wife Ryan-Marie Houck filed lawsuits on Monday against the FBI and DOJ for malicious and retaliatory prosecution, abuse of process, false …
Acquitted pro-life activist Mark Houck reveals details of ‘reckless’ FBI raid; will press charges
by Joe Bukuras Boston, Mass., Feb 1, 2023 / 13:31 pm Mark Houck, the pro-life father of seven who was acquitted Monday in federal court of charges of violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act, said he is planning to sue the FBI and other authorities following his ordeal. On …
BREAKING: Mark Houck cleared of FACE Act charges in rebuke to Justice Department’s aggressive prosecution
by Joe Bukuras Philadelphia, Pa., Jan 30, 2023 / 13:23 pm Pro-life activist Mark Houck was found not guilty Monday on federal assault charges stemming from a shoving incident outside a Philadelphia abortion clinic. Supporters of the Catholic father of seven children cried and hugged one another after the verdict …
Prosecution rests case in Mark Houck trial, defense motions to dismiss the case
by Joe Bukuras Philadelphia, Pa., Jan 26, 2023 / 17:45 pm On the second day of witness testimony in the trial of Mark Houck, a pro-life father of seven charged with violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act, defense lawyers argued that the federal case against their …
Pro-life advocate Mark Houck, who was arrested in FBI raid, to stand trial next week
By Joe Bukuras Boston, Mass., Jan 17, 2023 / 11:36 am Mark Houck, the pro-life father of seven arrested by the FBI early in the morning at his Pennsylvania home last September will stand trial on Jan. 24 in the U.S. District Court in Philadelphia. The case garnered national interest amid …
Mark Houck: My family’s photo is on Mother Teresa’s tomb
by Joe Bukuras Boston, Mass., Oct 17, 2022 / 16:11 pm Mark Houck, the Catholic pro-life father of seven who was arrested last month after a controversial early-morning FBI raid at his home, says Mother Teresa’s nuns in the Missionaries of Charity have placed a photo of his family on …
Mark Houck calls men to fight ‘noble battles.’ A controversial indictment is his biggest one yet
by Shannon Mullen, Joe Bukuras Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 7, 2022 / 18:07 pm In the Catholic apostolate he leads, Mark Houck encourages men of faith to wage “noble battles,” particularly against pornography and abortion. “Men have to look around their culture, their community, in their church and see ‘Where can …