MISSOURI
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For the past several years, a regular tactic of the anti-Catholic group SNAP has been to angrily accost and hassle prayerful Catholics as they attend Mass on Sunday.
While protesting various aspects of the Church’s handling of the abuse scandals, SNAP members have provoked Sunday Mass goers to such an extent that judges have been forced to issue restraining orders and SNAP leaders have been subsequently arrested for violating such orders.
Protecting the rights of innocent Mass goers
SNAP members in the state of Missouri have also sought to disturb and disrupt the Mass, but they have been concerned about Missouri’s House of Worship Protection Act, which protects worshipers from angry disruptions such as those instigated by SNAP.
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