- Louie Vitale
Fr. Louie Vitale ofm (born
June 1 1932 ) is a Franciscan priest, activist, co-founder ofNevada Desert Experience . He served as theprovincial superior of the California Franciscan Friars from 1979 to 1988. Then he served as the pastor at St. Boniface Catholic Church in the tenderloin ofSan Francisco, California . Louie has a Ph.D. in Sociology from theUniversity of California, Los Angeles .Currently, Louie is involved in trying to raise awareness about issues of torture and the US involvement in it. To that end, he was arrested alongside Fr.
Stephen Kelly, SJ atFort Huachuca inArizona in Nov 2006 in protest to torture and both are awaiting trial June 6. [ [http://nevadadesertexperience.org/issues/2007/huachuca.htm Fort Huachuca Torture Protest] ] His legal defense team includesWilliam P. Quigley .References
External links
* [http://tortureontrial.org/bios.html Bio on Torture on Trial.org]
* [http://paceebene.org/pace/user/louis-vitale Bio on Pace e Bene]
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