Catholic Priest & Peace Activist To Make Speech In Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- A Catholic priest, internationally known as a peace activist, makes a speech on Sunday in Philadelphia not only about his long-time fight, but his newer one.
Father Roy Bourgeois has gone to prison several times in the last few decades for opposing the School of the Americas, a now renamed military academy for Latin American troops whose detractors call it a human rights abuse factory.
From his pre-priest days in Vietnam, to Bolivia and Latin America while wearing a clerical collar, he says he's seen the dark side of US foreign policy used to keep countries and markets friendly, no matter the human cost.
"It finally took me awhile, but I felt and I feel today that in conscience, I must address this issue of injustice of US foreign policy, and also the injustice that I see in my church," Bourgeois says.
By which he means the ban on women priests. The free speech is Sunday at 3 p.m. at the Friends Center at 15th and Cherry Streets.
Reported by John Ostapkovich, KYW Newsradio
