Obituaries

Radical priest who was jailed for burning US draft cards Daniel Berrigan 1921-2016 Daniel Berrigan was a writer, peace activist and Roman Catholic priest who, with his brother and fellow priest Philip, inspired a wave of non-violent protests against the Vietnam war, said The New York Times. On 17 May 1968, the Berrigans and seven other activists, most of them in holy orders, marched into a draft office in Catonsville, Maryland, and seized the records of almost 400 men who were about to be conscripted into the US Army. They then carried the files to a nearby car park, doused them with home-made napalm and set them alight, before being dragged away by police. The group became known as the Catonsville Nine, and their actions – six weeks after the murder of…

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