Joseph F. O'Rourke

Released
Full name:Joseph O'Rourke
Date of birth:15. 05. 1938
Date of death:24. 07. 2008
Age:70† Deceased
Gender:Male
Era:1960s
State:New York
Support
Anti-War Catholic Worker Movement DC Nine Catholic Left
Joseph F. O'Rourke

Biography

A Jesuit (Society of Jesus) then in formation (ordained a priest around 1971), O'Rourke joined the Jesuits in 1958 and was one of the nine who raided the Dow Chemical offices on March 22, 1969. He was charged with malicious destruction of property and unlawful entry. He later became nationally known when the Jesuits dismissed him in 1974 after he publicly baptized the child of a couple in an abortion-rights controversy; he remained a lifelong activist.

Case

Charges: Malicious destruction of property and unlawful entry (the March 22, 1969 raid on Dow Chemical's Washington, DC offices).
Sentence: Verdict as recorded: Convicted; most convictions reversed on appeal in 1972.
Convicted: Yes

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