Priest convicted of trespassing at silo site

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Priest convicted of trespassing at silo site
The Associated Press
Posted : Wednesday Dec 23, 2009 6:25:22 EST

GREELEY, Colo. — A jury has convicted a 76-year-old Roman Catholic priest from St. Louis of damaging and trespassing on a nuclear missile silo facility in northeastern Colorado in August.

Carl Kabat was sentenced to 137 days in jail, which he has already served since his arrest Aug. 6.

Since 1980, Kabat has been protesting nuclear weapons on the anniversary of the U.S. bombing of Hiroshima in 1945. Authorities say that he went to a Weld County missile silo site, hung banners for his cause, cut a hole in the fence, waited inside and prayed until he was arrested by authorities from Warren Air Force Base, Wyo.

Kabat acknowledged entering the property and cutting the fence.


Article at: http://www.airforcetimes.com/news/2009/12/ap_missile_silo_trespassing_122309/