Today in federal court in Central Islip, Christopher Mosinski’s access to the Clinic Entry Act (“FACE Act”) for blocking access to the Greater New York Planned Parenthood Center in Hempstead A criminal complaint has been opened, charged with violating the freedom of , New York, which provides reproductive health services. Mosinski was arrested today and is scheduled to appear in court for the first time this afternoon before U.S. Magistrate Stephen I. Locke.

Breon Peace, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, and Michael J. Driscoll, Assistant Director of Charges with the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s New York Field Office (FBI), announced the arrests and charges.

“Defendants sought to prevent women from accessing their legal rights to vital reproductive and pregnancy services,” said U.S. Attorney Peace. enact federal laws to protect clinics and staff that provide health care, and applaud local police, firefighters, and bystanders who have come to help health centers continue to serve their communities. increase.”

“As alleged, Defendants repeatedly attempted to obstruct and deny access to Planned Parenthood facilities in violation of the FACE Act. and today’s action should serve as a reminder of the FBI’s commitment to protecting the civil rights of all people,” said FBI Deputy Director Driscoll.

As claimed in the complaint, at 6:22 am on July 7, 2022, Mosinski, a Franciscan friar, arrived at the health center in plain clothes. He fastened several padlocks and a bicycle lock on the gated entrance of the health center, rendering the entrance impassable. Some of the locks had glue poured into them. After police and fire department personnel arrived at the health center and cut the padlock, Mosinski returned to the scene in religious robes, laid himself in front of the gate, and held the health center at the station until police arrested him. It prevented the car from entering the garage. Hempstead police officer.

The charges in the complaint are allegations, and the defendant is presumed innocent unless proven guilty.

In 1994, Congress passed the FACE Act in response to increasing violence against patients and reproductive health service providers. The FACE Act prohibits violent, threatening, damaging, and disruptive behavior intended to harm, intimidate, or interfere with an individual’s right to seek, obtain, or provide reproductive health services. I’m here. A first-time FACE Act conviction is a misdemeanor punishable by up to one year in federal prison. A subsequent conviction is a felony.

If you suspect a violation of the FACE Act, you can report it to the FBI by calling 1-800-225-5324 (1-800-CALL-FBI) or by visiting tips.fbi.gov. Call 911 if you or someone you know is in danger.

Government cases are handled by the Office’s General Crimes and Civil Rights Section. Assistant federal prosecutors Sofia Suarez and Lauren Bowman are prosecuting the case.

defendant:

CHRISTOPHER MOSCINSKI (also known as “Fidelis Moscinski”)
Age: 52
Bronx, New York

EDNY Docket No. 22-CR-1052 (SIL)