Repent America Fined for Demonstration

The leader of a Christian evangelical group who expressed his religious views to tourists near the Liberty Bell was placed on one year's probation for refusing to move from a sidewalk where demonstrations are banned.

Repent America director Michael A. Marcavage, 28, of Lansdowne, was sentenced Friday after a two-day bench trial. He was ordered to pay a $420 fine and told to notify the U.S. Park Service and get a permit if he planned to return to the site. Repent America is a Fundamentalist group warning of damnation. See Chick's SIN CITY.