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Carl Kabat, OMI interviewed on St Louis TV Station

christina — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 13:00:28 +0000

Carl Kabat, OMI – jailed for an anti-nuclear protest and released just before Christmas – was interviewed by a St. Louis TV station on December 30th. Fr. Kabat, 76 years old, has spent a total of 18 years behind bars off and on throughout his life. He has been breaking into nuclear weapons facilities since the 1970′s, trying to send a message of peace.

“You have to put yourself where your words are – otherwise you’re just kind of like flapping your jaws…,” said Kabat.

When he’s not behind bars, Father Kabat spends most of his time in the North St. Louis community doing outreach ministry to the poor.

Watch the video here.

Carl Kabat Released from Jail – Took Stand in His Own Defense

christina — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 12:57:19 +0000

Carl Kabat, OMI – jailed for an anti-nuclear protest in Colorado – was released on Tuesday. He took the stand in his own defense, and was sentenced to time served and released.

Fr. Kabat fired his attorneys and decided to say his peace on the stand. In a written question during their delliberations, one juror asked why he wouldn’t rather just protest outside the perimeter of the fence peacefully.

“Why in the Civil Rights (era) did they march down the street when they said, ‘You can’t march down the street?’ Because it’s wrong,” Kabat answered. “I guess I think it’s up to us to try to get rid of these things.”

Deputy District Attorney David Skarka asked him simply, “Are you above the law?

Kabat replied: “All wrong law, yes. God’s law is above all these man-made things.”

Fr. Carl Kabat Protests Nuclear Weapons Once Again

christina — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 22:14:41 +0000

Father Carl Kabat, OMI was whose work has been marked by anti-nuclear activism has been arrested for entering a missile silo facility in Colorado.

Priest arrested for breaching missile silo (Greeley Tribune)

Anti-nukes priest here readies for next arrest (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

Pictures of Fr. Carl Kabat at Plowshares Witness at N-8, August 6, 2009

Statement to the Press from Fr Carl:

“The Roman Catholic Church, of which I am a priest, at the close of its Vatican Council II in 1965 condemned nuclear bombs as a crime against humanity and are to be condemned unreservedly.

The World Council of Churches has proclaimed that ‘the manufacture, deployment or use of nuclear bombs is a crime against humanity.’

I support President Barack Obama’s desire and have attempted to do my little bit in his effort.

The nuclear bomb that is in the ground here is more than 20 times more powerful than the atomic bombs we dropped on the Japanese. Each of those bombs killed more than 100,000 people. At lest twenty times that number totals more than 2 million people.

The Bible says in the words of Isaiah. ‘They shall beat their spears into pruning hooks and their swords into plowshares.’

May the Holy One have mercy on us for not doing so.”

Fr Carl Kabat