Austin Bernard Vaughan

Austin Bernard Vaughan (September 27, 1927 – June 25, 2000) was an American prelate of the Catholic Church who served as Auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of New York from 1977 to 2000.

[1] Vaughan was ordained a priest in Rome in the chapel of the Pontifical North American College on December 8, 1951, for the Archdiocese of New York by Archbishop Martin John O’Connor.

[2] In December 1988, Vaughan was convicted of disorderly conduct at a Women's Health Pavilion location in the New York City area during an anti-abortion protest.

[3] In 1990, Vaughan was arrested in Albany, New York, for trespassing on the grounds of a women's health clinic that provided abortion services.

While serving ten days in jail, he stated that New York Governor Mario Cuomo was in ''serious risk of going to hell'' for his support of women's abortion rights.