Judge sentences 80-year-old Catholic activist for breaking into nuclear submarine base
RNS A US District Court judge has sentenced an 80-year-old Catholic peace activist to time already served for trespassing onto the Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base in St Marys, Georgia, more than two years ago as part of a symbolic nuclear disarmament action. Elizabeth McAlister, a former nun with the Religious of the Sacred Heart […]
US Catholic peace activists who broke into a nuclear base ask judge to drop the charges
RNS Seven Catholic peace activists who broke into a nuclear submarine base in Kings Bay, Georgia, last year stood before a federal judge Wednesday to argue that the charges against them should be dismissed. The activists, known as the Kings Bay Plowshares 7, are charged with three felonies and a misdemeanor and face up to […]