Five months after the "Plowshares Eight" performed a peace witness at the G.E. plant in King of Prussia, Pa., its members including the Rev. Carl Kabat were found guilty of burglary, criminal mischief and criminal conspiracy. Father Kabat is profiled here.
Father Kabat, who called himself “a fool for Christ,” spent more than 17 of his 88 years in prison for his activism against the U.S. nuclear weapons program. He died on Aug. 4.