Kathy Boylan

Released

Gender:Female

Race:White

Era:1980s

State:Maryland

Support

Anti-War Anti-Nuclear Catholic Worker Movement

Biography

Kathy Boylan is a longtime peace activist with Jonah House in Baltimore and a member of the Atlantic Life Community. She was one of five members of the Gods of Metal Plowshares affinity group that disarmed a B-52 bomber at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland on May 17, 1998. She was held at the Kent County Detention Center in Chestertown, Maryland during the federal proceedings.

On May 17, 1998, five Plowshares activists — Sister Ardeth Platte OP, Sister Carol Gilbert OP, Kathy Boylan, Father Frank Cordaro, and Father Larry Morlan — entered the Andrews Air Force Base flightline in Maryland and disarmed a B-52 bomber with hammers and blood. The action took the name Gods of Metal Plowshares.

Cases

Kent County Detention Center

Charges: Damage to government property — disarming of a B-52 bomber at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland (Gods of Metal Plowshares)

Arrested: May 16, 1998

Sentenced: Jan 14, 1999

Incarcerated: Jan 14, 1999

Released: November 1999

Sentence: Federal prison time-served plus probation Verdict as recorded: Yes — federal jury verdict, U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, September 22, 1998

Convicted: Yes

Institution State: Maryland

Kent County Detention Center

Charges: Damage to government property — disarming of a B-52 bomber at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland (Gods of Metal Plowshares)

Arrested: May 17, 1998

Sentenced: Jan 15, 1999

Incarcerated: May 17, 1998