For decades, local Catholics had maintained a prayerful presence
outside an abortion clinic in Rockford, Illinois, but the clinic
remained open.
According to Kevin Rilott of the Rockford Pro-Life Initiative, the tide
began to turn in 2009 when Bishop Thomas Doran granted priests
permission to recite prayers of exorcism outside the Northern Illinois
Women’s Center. At times, four priests would stand outside the four
corners of the building and recite the prayers together.
“Within two to three weeks of priests saying these prayers, the number
of abortions began to drop,” said Rilott. “Over a few months, the number
of abortions was cut in half and the numbers of women seeking our help
probably doubled. The clinic, which had been performing 25-75 abortions a
week for years, also reduced its days of business from three to two.”
In late 2011, the State of Illinois temporarily suspended the clinic’s
license; in January, the clinic announced that it would not reopen its
doors.
As recounted here.
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