Thursday's sentencing of a pro-life pastor facing prison time for offering sidewalk counseling at a California abortion clinic has been pushed back to March 20.
Feb. 20, 2009 -- The case of a pro-life pastor facing prison time for offering sidewalk counseling at an Oakland, Calif., abortion clinic will be "in limbo" until March 20, according to his legal firm.
At his sentencing yesterday, Pastor Walter B. Hoye of Berkley, Calif., was given 30 days in jail, a $1,130 fine and 3 years probation that included a "stay away order" from the clinic at which the pastor was convicted last month of "unlawful approach," under an Oakland city ordinance that bars picketers from coming within eight feet of women entering an abortion clinic.
Because Hoye refused to agree to the stay away order, a legality forced his sentencing to be re-scheduled for March 20.
