January 23, 2005

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  Parish to bury ashes of fetuses

  
  

  
  

  Vigil to mark Roe vs. Wade

  
  

  
  

  By Eric Gorsk
  Denver Post Staff Writer

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  

  To lament the Roe vs. Wade abortion decision, a Roman Catholic parish in Boulder plans to bury the remains of hundreds of aborted fetuses, most of which came from a local abortion clinic without the clinic's knowledge.
  

  The parish received the ashes in boxes from Crist Mortuary in Boulder, which picks up fetal remains from the Boulder Abortion Clinic and cremates them.

  
  

  The owner of the business, disturbed by what he found in the shipments, has been quietly passing the remains along to the parish said Susan LaVelle, former Respect Life coordinator at Sacred Heart of Mary parish in Boulder.

  
  

  The parish will stage a candlelight vigil for the anniversary of Roe vs. Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion. After 9 a.m. Mass on Sunday, the ashes are to be buried in the church cemetery at a "Memorial Wall for the Unborn."

  
  

  LaVelle said the remains of between 600 and 1,000 fetuses would be laid to rest. "We believe these babies deserve the dignity of a proper burial."

  
  

   

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