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A trio of pro-Palestinian protesters was released without bail in <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/new-york-city" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">New York City</a> after being arrested for disrupting an Easter Vigil Mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral by unfurling a banner and shouting, "Free Palestine!" The New York Police Department told Fox News Digital that Gregory Schwedock, 35, John Rozendaal, 63, of New York, and Matthew Menzies, 31, of Colchester, each have been charged with <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/religion" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">disruption of a religious service</a> following the incident caught on video Saturday night. Court records Monday indicate that all three men have since been released."Three male individuals barged entered the church and disrupted Mass by approaching the altar while yelling ‘Free Palestine,’" the NYPD said in a statement. "The individuals were taken into custody at the scene without incident." Video taken at the scene shows a banner with the message "Silence = Death" being unfurled near the altar of the Easter Vigil service, which was led by Cardinal Timothy Dolan, archbishop of New York. Security quickly removed the protesters from the area and many in attendance did not appear to acknowledge the outburst. <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/pro-palestinian-protesters-interrupt-easter-vigil-service-st-patricks-cathedral-nyc" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTESTERS INTERRUPT EASTER VIGIL SERVICE AT ST. PATRICK’S CATHEDRAL IN NYC</a> The climate activist group behind the stunt, Extinction Rebellion, wrote on X that their activists "demand all faith leaders take immediate and vocal action against genocide and ecocide." "War, occupation, and industrial pollution are poisoning the soil, air and water in Gaza and all over the planet, destroying the earth’s capacity to sustain life," it continued. "This destruction is called ‘Ecocide.’" "With thirty thousand dead in Gaza and all life on earth threatened by the climate crisis, every individual and every institution that values justice, peace, and love has a duty to oppose genocide and ecocide in a way that can be clearly seen and heard by all," it also said. <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/pro-palestinian-protesters-disrupt-berkeley-city-council-meeting-holocaust-remembrance-vote-end-israel" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTESTERS DISRUPT BERKELEY CITY COUNCIL MEETING, HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE VOTE</a> The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops had issued a call for prayer for peace in the Middle East and an end to the Israel-Hamas war in a statement before the start of Holy Week. St. Patrick’s Cathedral did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital on Monday. Schwedock, who was one of the protesters arrested, was previously taken into custody last September <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/sports/end-fossil-fuels-protesters-disrupt-us-open-semifinal-match-demonstrator-glues-shoes-ground" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">after disrupting a U.S. Open tennis</a> semifinal match during which climate activists used glue to prevent security from ejecting them, according to the New York Post. Fox News’ Stepheny Price contributed to this report.

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content: A trio of pro-Palestinian protesters was released without bail in <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/new-york-city"
 target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">New York City</a> after being arrested
 for disrupting an Easter Vigil Mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral by unfurling a banner
 and shouting, "Free Palestine!" The New York Police Department told Fox News
 Digital that Gregory Schwedock, 35, John Rozendaal, 63, of New York, and Matthew
 Menzies, 31, of Colchester, each have been charged with <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/religion"
 target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">disruption of a religious service</a>
 following the incident caught on video Saturday night. Court records Monday indicate
 that all three men have since been released."Three male individuals barged
 entered the church and disrupted Mass by approaching the altar while yelling ‘Free
 Palestine,’" the NYPD said in a statement. "The individuals were taken into custody
 at the scene without incident." Video taken at the scene shows a banner with
 the message "Silence = Death" being unfurled near the altar of the Easter Vigil
 service, which was led by Cardinal Timothy Dolan, archbishop of New York. Security
 quickly removed the protesters from the area and many in attendance did not appear
 to acknowledge the outburst. <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/pro-palestinian-protesters-interrupt-easter-vigil-service-st-patricks-cathedral-nyc"
 target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTESTERS INTERRUPT
 EASTER VIGIL SERVICE AT ST. PATRICK’S CATHEDRAL IN NYC</a> The
 climate activist group behind the stunt, Extinction Rebellion, wrote on X that their
 activists "demand all faith leaders take immediate and vocal action against genocide
 and ecocide." "War, occupation, and industrial pollution are poisoning the
 soil, air and water in Gaza and all over the planet, destroying the earth’s capacity
 to sustain life," it continued. "This destruction is called ‘Ecocide.’" "With
 thirty thousand dead in Gaza and all life on earth threatened by the climate crisis,
 every individual and every institution that values justice, peace, and love has
 a duty to oppose genocide and ecocide in a way that can be clearly seen and heard
 by all," it also said. <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/pro-palestinian-protesters-disrupt-berkeley-city-council-meeting-holocaust-remembrance-vote-end-israel"
 target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTESTERS DISRUPT
 BERKELEY CITY COUNCIL MEETING, HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE VOTE</a> The
 U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops had issued a call for prayer for peace in the
 Middle East and an end to the Israel-Hamas war in a statement before the start of
 Holy Week. St. Patrick’s Cathedral did not immediately respond to a request
 for comment from Fox News Digital on Monday. Schwedock, who was one of the
 protesters arrested, was previously taken into custody last September <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/sports/end-fossil-fuels-protesters-disrupt-us-open-semifinal-match-demonstrator-glues-shoes-ground"
 target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">after disrupting a U.S. Open tennis</a>
 semifinal match during which climate activists used glue to prevent security from
 ejecting them, according to the New York Post. Fox News’ Stepheny Price
 contributed to this report. 
summary: Three pro-Palestinian protesters are facing charges after being arrested
 for disrupting an Easter weekend Mass at St. Patrick&apos;s Cathedral in New York
 City.
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