{"id":45556,"date":"2026-04-14T20:58:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T18:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/explorecatholic.nl\/nieuws\/catholic-father-whose-home-was-raided-at-gunpoint-wins-7-figure-settlement-from-u-s-government\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T20:58:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T18:58:00","slug":"catholic-father-whose-home-was-raided-at-gunpoint-wins-7-figure-settlement-from-u-s-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/explorecatholic.nl\/en\/nieuws\/catholic-father-whose-home-was-raided-at-gunpoint-wins-7-figure-settlement-from-u-s-government\/","title":{"rendered":"Catholic father whose home was raided at gunpoint wins 7-figure settlement from U.S. government"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nearly four years after Catholic father of seven and pro-life activist Mark Houck was arrested at gunpoint, he and his wife won a settlement of more than $1 million from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ).<\/p>\n<p>The Houck home, located in rural eastern Pennsylvania, was raided by 20 armed federal agents in the early hours of the morning on Sept. 23, 2022. Houck was arrested in front of his family and interrogated for six hours.<\/p>\n<p>Houck and his wife, Ryan-Marie, sued the DOJ and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in November 2023 after Houck was acquitted in January of that same year of the incident that prompted the raid. <\/p>\n<p>While praying at a Planned Parenthood facility in October 2021, Houck had defended his 12-year-old son during an altercation with an aggressive, elderly Planned Parenthood volunteer.<\/p>\n<p>Upon his arrest, Houck was charged with alleged violations of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act, a 1994 federal law that protects access to abortion services and places of worship. If convicted, Houck faced up to 11 years in federal prison and up to $350,000 in fines. Under the Biden administration, many pro-life activists were charged with violating the FACE Act in what the Justice Department now claims was a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/pr\/justice-department-reveals-biden-administrations-weaponization-federal-law-against-pro-life#:~:text=To%20many%20Americans%2C%20prosecutions%20under%20the%20FACE,been%20the%20prototypical%20example%20of%20this%20weaponization.\">weaponization<\/a> of the law.<\/p>\n<p>In the lawsuit, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ewtnnews.com\/world\/us\/mark-houck-and-wife-sue-fbi-and-doj-for-malicious-prosecution-era-of-targeting-pro-lifers-is-over\">Houcks alleged<\/a> that they and their children suffered post-traumatic stress, economic loss, and loss of reputation after the event. They also said their children suffered from intense anxiety, constant fear of losing their parents, and inability to sleep, and that the stress from the trial led Ryan-Marie to have three miscarriages and receive an infertility diagnosis.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>After being acquitted of federal charges by a jury in Philadelphia on Monday, Jan. 30, 2023, Mark Houck embraces and kisses his wife, Ryan-Marie Houck. Also with Houck are his son Mark Houck Jr., 14, and his daughter, Ava Houck, 12. | Credit: Joe Bukuras\/EWTN News<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>\u2018Huge victory for free speech&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p>Two organizations involved in the case are celebrating the victory as a win for the pro-life movement and for freedom of speech.<\/p>\n<p>40 Days for Life President Shawn Carney called the win a \u201chuge legal victory for free speech, not just for pro-life Americans,\u201d in a video <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/b-cIEGOwd28?si=LyiTfYtqbdmnS1fi\">statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u02bcs a huge victory for all Americans who want our right to speak our minds peacefully in a law-abiding way without fear of our own government,\u201d Carney said.<\/p>\n<p>Peter Breen, Thomas More Society executive vice president and head of litigation, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thomasmoresociety.org\/case\/united-states-of-america-v-mark-houck\">said<\/a> the organization was \u201cthrilled with the outcome.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Biden Department of Justice\u2019s intimidation against pro-life people and people of faith has been put in its place,\u201d Breen said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe took on Goliath \u2014 the full might of the United States government \u2014 and won,\u201d Breen said. \u201cThe jury saw through and rejected the prosecution\u2019s discriminatory case, which was harassment from Day 1. This is a win for Mark and the entire pro-life movement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Carney said the victory was a \u201clong shot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey have a 98% conviction rate at the DOJ, so he\u02bcs part of the 2% that got acquitted,\u201d Carney said. \u201cAnd then to go on offense and to say, we\u02bcre not going to stand for this from our government, and to sue them, and for them to settle and win is a huge, huge victory.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Carney said that, as pro-lifers, \u201cwe got so much persecution from the DOJ under Biden, and President Trump has corrected that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt has been absolutely night and day. Under Biden, at one point, we were getting one to two inquiries from the FBI per week at different 40 Days for Life locations,\u201d Carney said. \u201cThis is absolutely ridiculous, and that has stopped, and we have been victorious in our lawsuit against the DOJ.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, be not afraid, go out, peacefully pray to end abortion,\u201d Carney concluded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nearly four years after Catholic father of seven and pro-life activist Mark Houck was arrested at gunpoint, he and his wife won a settlement of more than $1 million from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). 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