Plowshares Kings Bay 7

Judge denies nuclear protesters’ religious freedom defense

By Yonat Shimron — August 28, 2019
(RNS) —  A U.S. district court judge found the activists were sincere in their religious faith but that the government had a compelling interest to charge them with three felonies and a misdemeanor.

These Catholics broke into a nuclear base. Now they’re asking a judge to drop the charges.

By Yonat Shimron — August 7, 2019
(RNS) — Members of the group known as the Kings Bay Plowshares 7 face up to 25 years in prison for trespassing on a U.S. Navy base that houses six Trident submarines carrying hundreds of nuclear weapons.
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