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Mary Wagner-Silent in solidarity with unborn

TORONTO –

At Mary Wagner`s bail hearing, supporter John Bulsza reported that her lawyer in an ongoing appeal appeared, but announced he will not be retained as her counsel for coming proceedings on charges of breaching probation and mischief. Dr. Charles Lugosi told the court of the appeal and tried to file a notice of it with the court, but that was denied by the justice of the peace.

Lugosi added Wagner has chosen to not have counsel and plans to remain silent throughout the proceedings in solidarity with unborn human beings victimized by abortion. He then asked that she be allowed to read aloud a letter, after which she planned to fall silent. The justice of the peace allowed the request.

“What is at issue here is that unborn children are being slaughtered systematically with the complicity of the judicial system,” said Wagner in part. “I have sought the best way to respond to these current charges – in other words, the best way I can stand in defence of the children in the womb.”

“They have no voice to defend themselves. They are at the mercy of a judicial system that chooses to ignore them. I choose to have no lawyer represent me. The children in the womb are silent and, from this point on, I will stand for them here as their silent representative and friend.”

If Wagner continues to remain silent and unrepresented by legal counsel, the courts will enter a plea of not guilty on her behalf and a trial will proceed with only Crown witnesses and submissions. If she is found guilty, only Crown submissions on sentencing will be heard as well.

Wagner was put over for her next appearance to February 5 at 10 a.m. in Room 505 of College Park court.

Meanwhile, reasons are still being awaited regarding the decisions of Justice Fergus O’Donnell in her trial that concluded last June and which are the basis of the current appeal. A “housekeeping” hearing regarding that appeal will be heard in the Superior Court of Justice at 361 University Avenue in Toronto the morning of January 23.

And this Sunday, January 18 marks the Canadian premiere in English of the Polish documentary film, Not About Mary Wagner. Admission is free and the screening is to take place beginning at 3 p.m. at the John Paul II Cultural Centre, 4300 Cawthra Road in Mississauga. A screening of Eugenics, a related documentary by the same film maker, Grzegorz Braun, will follow at 4:30 p.m.
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PHOTO: January 22, 2015 March for Life, Washington, D.C.