Word: fife
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Despite facing a maximum penalty of five years in prison for each of the felony charges, Sanctuary activists seemed undaunted. Said the Rev. John M. Fife, 46, of Tucson's Southside United Presbyterian Church, a co-founder of the movement and one of the eight* convicted defendants: "I plan for as long as possible to continue to be the pastor of a congregation that has committed itself to providing...
They had a wedding in Mayberry last week. Barney Fife (Don Knotts), decked out in his best city-slicker suit, finally walked down the aisle with his longtime heartthrob Thelma Lou. A beaming Andy Taylor (Andy Griffith), Barney's old friend and ex-boss, was the best man. Even Gomer Pyle (Jim Nabors) was on hand to lead the red-robed choir...
Outside the Southside Presbyterian Church in Tucson, some 50 miles from the Mexican border, the Rev. John Fife nailed up a neatly painted sign that reads: THIS IS A SANCTUARY FOR THE OPPRESSED FROM CENTRAL AMERICA. Fife is now facing the consequences of that proclamation. This week he and an ecumenical group of ten others, including two Roman Catholic priests and a nun, will go on trial in Tucson on charges of conspiring to transport and shelter Central American aliens. If they are found guilty, the sentences on the conspiracy charges could be as severe as five years in prison...
...controversial movement got its start at Fife's Southside Church on the second anniversary of the assassination of Roman Catholic Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero of El Salvador. The archbishop, because of his bold advocacy of the poor in his country, was gunned down in 1980 while saying Mass in San Salvador. Since then, Sanctuary has drawn support from various religious bodies, including American Baptists, Presbyterians, United Methodists and the United Church of Christ. The movement has also been endorsed by Conservative Judaism's Rabbinical Assembly. Pastors and congregation members who have sheltered refugees within their churches maintain that when these...
...meetings and sometimes even participated in transporting fugitives. An ecumenical coalition is pressing a civil suit, which will be heard in December in San Francisco, against INS Commissioner Alan Nelson and U.S. Attorney General Edwin Meese, charging that government prosecutions interfere with Sanctuary workers performing their religious duties. Says Fife: "This is the first time in the history of our nation that the Government has acknowledged under oath that it has infiltrated church worship services and Bible study sessions with paid agents...