Detroit Catholic hospital gives abortionists admitting privileges, dispenses abortifacient drugs

DETROIT, April 29, 2014 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A pro-life Catholic in Detroit says she is fed up after three years of pressing a Catholic-affiliated hospital to sever ties with four abortionists and stop offering sterilizations and abortion-causing drugs, to no avail. Now, she’s calling on Archbishop Allen Vigneron to use his moral authority to force Providence Park Hospital to adhere to Catholic standards when it comes to the dignity of human life – or else strip them of their Catholic affiliation.

Providence Park Hospital, which is part of the St. John Providence Catholic health care system, allows four abortionists to maintain admitting privileges at their campus. They are:

Moon Paik and Leon Hochman of Physicians Abortion Services, a facility estimated to rake in about $1 million a year;

Michael Roth, an independent abortionist with a lengthy track record of botched abortions and malpractice suits who once told the New York Times he has “no ethical problems” with gendercide because he believes “abortion should be available on demand,” and almost lost his medical license because he was performing abortions in women’s homes; Glenn Taylor, who works part time with Planned Parenthood and part time with the hospital – where he performs sterilizations, in violation of the USCCB's Ethical and Religious Directives (ERD) governing Catholic-affiliated hospitals, and also in violation of public health codes, since he lacks the proper licensure to perform surgical procedures at that location

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Abramo

May 1, 2014

We have to face the bitter truth: Post II Vatican Council Church is de facto pro abortion.

Holy Cannoli

May 1, 2014

LifeSiteNews reached out to Abp. Vigneron’s office to ask whether the archdiocese planned to take action regarding the complaints against St. John Providence.

“The Archdiocese of Detroit does not own or operate St. John Providence or any other hospitals,” archdiocesan spokesman Joe Kohn told LifeSiteNews. “You would have to contact the hospital about matters regarding its operations. It can be said in general, however, that the Catholic hospitals within the archdiocese demonstrate devotion to their Catholic identity and adherence to the ethical and religious directives.”
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Vigneron is a coward and no better than the German baby killing bishops. The archdiocese need not own or operate St. John's but it must make a public statement saying the actions of a hospital with "Catholic" as part of its public identity should damn well act Catholic and not be the home to abortionists nor distribute abortifacients.

Wasn't Vigneron the same hypocrite that forced Michael Voris to stop using the word "Catholic" at Voris' internet site called "Real Catholic TV"? The Archdiocese of Detroit did not own or operate Real Catholic tv but that didn't stop Vigneron from sticking his nose in Voris' business. Why could he not do the same thing with respect to a "Catholic" hospital administering baby killing drugs? Why? Why? Why?

Read what the 'good' bishop wrote to Voris:

The Church encourages the Christian faithful to promote or sustain a variety of apostolic undertakings but, nevertheless, prohibits any such undertaking from claiming the name Catholic without the consent of the competent ecclesiastical authority (see canon 216 of the 1983 Code of Canon Law). For some time, the Archdiocese of Detroit has been in communication with Mr. Michael Voris and his media partner at Real Catholic TV regarding their prominent use of the word “Catholic” in identifying and promoting their public activities disseminated from the enterprise’s production facility in Ferndale, Michigan. The Archdiocese has informed Mr. Voris and Real Catholic TV, RealCatholicTV.com, that it does not regard them as being authorized to use the word “Catholic” to identify or promote their public activities. Questions about this matter may be directed to the Archdiocese of Detroit, Department of Communications.