A judge has sentenced a priest to federal prison for illegal entry and vandalism of Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay in St. Mary’s, Georgia. US District Court Judge Lisa Godbey Wood sentenced Stephen Michael Kelly, 71, of Massachusetts, to 33 months in federal prison. The judge also ordered Kelly, who has a long history of Read more
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Judge denies peace activists religious freedom defence
Monday, September 2nd, 2019
A group of US Catholic peace activists have failed to have charges dismissed for breaking into a nuclear submarine base in Georgia to protest nuclear weapons. The base houses six Trident submarines, each designed to carry nearly 200 nuclear warheads. The seven activists cited the Religion Freedom Restoration Act, a 1993 federal law that says Read more