Chen Guangcheng in New York

Monday, May 21, 2012

Chen Guangcheng in New York

Chen Guangcheng the blind Chinese lawyer who has been a courageous advocate for Chinese women and their unborn babies has finally been allowed to leave China with his family. Chen told his supporters and the media when he arrived at Newark airport that he was grateful to the US Embassy and the embassies of France,Canada and Switzerland and especially his friends in the media for their assistance, he also expressed concern for his extended family especially his nephew Chen Kegui. Chen was met by Congressman Chris Smith who told the media,

"After years of enduring physical and psychological torture,imprisonment and hate, the man Chen Guangcheng, who defended Chinese women from the crime of forced abortion is finally free".

Chen who has accepted a fellowship in New York University will live in lower Manhattan.

Pat Buckley

I was born in Galway, Ireland where I attended first Scoil Fhursa and then St Ignatius (Jesuit) College. My family moved to Cork in 1960 and I spent my last year at the Christian Brothers College in Mc Curtain street Cork (CBC).

I came to Dublin in 1963 where I met and married my wife Philomena. We have lived in Dublin since then and have been blessed with seven children and 17 grandchildren (so far). When I finished school I studied architecture through the professional institutions and I am a retired Member of the Royal Institute of Architects of Ireland (MRIAI). I also hold a BSc. in psychology and political philosophy.

I currently lobby pro-life and pro-family issues at the United Nations in New York and Geneva and occasionally at the European Parliament and Council of Europe. I am a member of the pro-life, pro-family coalition operating within the international institutions and I am a consultant to the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children SPUC on UN and related matters.

Between 1978-85, as a married couple Philomena and I were involved in the presentation of Marriage Encounter Weekends and pre-marriage courses. We also represented Worldwide Marriage Encounter on a committee for the family in the Dublin Archdiocese. Between 1985-1988. I was appointed National Secretary and then President of the Catholic Secondary Schools Parents Association (CSPA). I have been lobbying pro-life issue at the UN for upwards of 12 years.

I am a past President of the National Association of Catholic Families (NACF)

Publications:

1997: Anthology of pro-life verse

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Monday, May 21, 2012

Chen Guangcheng in New York

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