Priests for Life

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Priests for Life is a Roman Catholic pro-life organization based in New York. It functions as a network to promote and coordinate pro-life activism with the primary strategic goal of ending abortion and the other typical pro-life targets of capital punishment and euthanasia.

[edit] History

It was founded by Fr. Lee Kaylor, a priest of the Archdiocese of San Francisco. On April 30, 1991 Archbishop John Quinn of San Francisco officially approved it as a Private Association of the Faithful. The organization is listed in the Official Catholic Directory. In 2003, it was granted NGO Status by the United Nations.

[edit] Status

While primary membership is for Catholic bishops, priests and deacons, there is also a lay auxiliary membership. It has about 40 full-time paid employees. Its staff includes Frank Pavone and Paul Schenck.