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Two Christian evangelists may sue the University for what they believe was a suppression of their First Amendment rights.
Recent court documents confirm Michael Marcavage — director of evangelistic organization Repent America — and evangelist Kenneth Fleck were declared not guilty after being arrested by Penn Police on July 3 outside the Masjid Al-Jamia mosque, at 4228 Walnut St.
The trial, which took place Nov. 12, cleared the evangelists of disorderly conduct and obstruction of a highway charges. Seven days later, Attorney C. Scott Shields sent a letter to Penn President Amy Gutmann on their behalf, demanding the University either agree to certain actions or face a lawsuit.
According to Marcavage, he and Fleck were preaching on the sidewalk outside the mosque when Penn Police arrested them. Prosecuting Assistant District Attorney Joseph McCool said a security guard called police after seeing tensions between mosque attendants and the evangelists escalate.