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May 12, 2017

Radical Priest and Catonsville 9 Member Thomas Melville Dies at 86
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And in San Diego, social justice activist and priest Thomas Melville has
died at the age of 86. He was one of a group of Catholic activists who
became known as the Catonsville 9, after they broke into a draft board
office in Catonsville, Maryland, in 1968, stole 378 draft cards and
burned them in the parking lot as a protest against the Vietnam War.
Others involved in the action were his wife, Marjorie Melville, and the
late Berrigan brothers, Daniel and Phil Berrigan.


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