March 6, 2024. Hudson Superior Ct. Charges 1st Degree Kidnapping and 2nd Degree Agg. Assault. All charges Dismissed by the State.

Law Office of Vincent J. Sanzone, Jr., Esq., Secures Victory for Plainfield Four with Defense of Necessity for Peaceful Sit-In All trespassing charges against four Red Rose Rescue members were dismissed by the Plainfield Municipal Court on November 22, 2022, due to the efforts of Vincent J. Sanzone, Jr., and co-counsel, Kathleen Brown attorneys for Father Christopher (Fidelis) Moscinski, Will Goodman, Joan Bell, and Matthew Connolly, had been engaged in the ministry of the Red Rose Rescue movement at an abortion facility on January 18, 2020, when they were arrested. Red Rose Rescue participants offer women in abortion facility waiting rooms a red rose and literature on life-affirming alternatives to abortion. The four who were arrested had been staging a peaceful sit-in at a local abortion business in Plainfield, New Jersey, and were subsequently charged with defiant trespass. “The dismissal of all charges against these courageous pro-life advocates brings to an end the long saga of this case,” Sanzone added. “One can only admire the sacrifices of these four to make an offering of their own bodies, as prisoners, to save the unborn. Repeatedly they have sacrificed themselves for the sake of innocent life, even at the cost of arrest and imprisonment in the tradition of civil disobedience that brought about the success of the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s. This time, however, they were spared that penalty.” “Mr. Sanzone, in conjunction with the Legal Center for Defense of Life us continue our pro-life witness in the Plainfield Municipal Court” declared Moscinski. “Before all charges were dismissed, the judge allowed us to assert the defense of necessity at the upcoming trial. Now that will not be necessary. Ultimately, the prosecutor asked for our charges of trespass to be dismissed. We are grateful for the remarkably effective representation of Mr. Sanzone and we pray that we may see many more such victories for the cause of life!”