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Defiant Trio: Rev. Alphonse de Valk, left, Rev. Bill Comerford, centre, and bus driver Peter Hendrick say they're prepared to go to jail rather than pay an abortion protest fine
Defiant Trio: Rev. Alphonse de Valk, left, Rev. Bill Comerford, centre, and bus driver Peter Hendrick say they're prepared to go to jail rather than pay an abortion protest fine

Defiant Trio: Rev. Alphonse de Valk, left, Rev. Bill Comerford, centre, and bus driver Peter Hendrick say they're prepared to go to jail rather than pay an abortion protest fine

Date9/14/1989
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Original Toronto Star caption: Defiant Trio: Rev. Alphonse de Valk; left; Rev. Bill Comerford; centre; and bus driver Peter Hendrick say they're prepared to go to jail rather than pay an abortion protest fine.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0021733F
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