The warrior priest : the story of Father Roy Bourgeois and the School of the Americas /

A biography of a Maryknoll priest whose missionary service in Latin America led him to fight to close down The School of the Americas, a Georgia facility that provided combat training to foreign soldiers.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wilson, Mike, 1954-
Format: Book
Language:English
Created: Evanston, Ill. : J.G. Burke, c2002.
Series:Contemporary profiles and policy series for the younger reader
Subjects:
Bourgeois, Roy, > 1939-
Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America > Biography > Juvenile literature.
U.S. Army School of the Americas.
SOA Watch (Organization)
Priests > United States > Biography.
Dissenters > Georgia > Fort Benning > Biography.
Civil disobedience > Georgia > Fort Benning.
Missionaries > Latin America > Biography.
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Table of Contents:
  • A small-town Cajun boy
  • The war changes the warrior
  • Roy studies for the priesthood
  • Persona non grata
  • The murder of Archbishop Romero
  • "I can't shut up!"
  • "This is for you, brother!"
  • The School of the Americas
  • The war in El Salvador continues
  • The torture of Sister Diana Ortiz and the killing of Jesuit priests
  • Priests don't belong in politics
  • Congress hears the message
  • The best human rights training in the world
  • What was being taught at The School of the Americas?
  • The protest swells
  • Shaking the dust off his feet
  • The call
  • Prison is a lonely place
  • Poking the beehive
  • A bigger protest than ever before
  • Fighting drugs
  • "We will not stop."

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