Larry Morlan

AKA: Father Larry Morlan

Released

Gender:Male

Race:White

Era:1980s

State:Minnesota

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Anti-Nuclear Anti-War Catholic Worker Movement Plowshares Movement

Biography

Catholic peace activist arrested in a Plowshares disarmament action against nuclear weapons systems in the 1980s and held at FCI Sandstone, Minnesota. Convicted of federal sabotage and depredation of government property. Documented in PFOC Breakthrough magazine.

Father Larry Morlan was a Catholic priest of the Diocese of Peoria, Illinois who participated in the Gods of Metal Plowshares action at Andrews Air Force Base Open House in May 1998 - hammering on a B-52 bomber. Sentenced to 4 months in federal prison on January 4, 1999.

Cases

FCI Sandstone

Charges: Sabotage, depredation of government property — Plowshares disarmament action

Released: January 1999

Sentence: Federal prison term

Convicted: Yes

Institution State: Minnesota

Charles 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

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

Charges: Pentagon Holy Innocents protest; exact statutory charge unverified

Arrested: 1983

Sentenced: Feb 17, 1984

Incarcerated: 1984

Sentence: Six-month sentence imposed February 17, 1984 for the 1983 Pentagon protest. Actual imprisonment in the District of Columbia jail and transfer to Virginia are documented. Exact release date and full time served remain unverified.

Larry Morlan

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