Monday, February 03, 2014

Nun, 2 other anti-nuclear activists fined for break-in at weapons facility

http://thecatholiccatalogue.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/imrs.php_.jpegThree anti-nuclear activists, including an elderly Catholic nun, have been ordered to pay $53,000 in damages after being convicted for breaking into and damaging a top-security government facility that houses enriched uranium for nuclear weapons. 

Sister Megan Rice, 83, was one of the trio convicted for the 2012 break-in. 

The activists cut through fences at the storehouse in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, splashed paint and blood, and hammered on the walls in a demonstration of their opposition to nuclear weapons.