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Daniel Berrigan Paroled

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Day
4
Month
February
Year
1972
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Daniel Berrigan Paroled

WASHINGTON (LNS) - Daniel Berrigan, the Catholic priest imprisoned for burning draft board records in Catonsville, Md., was granted parole on January 26. He will be released on February 24, remaining on parole until the end of his three year sentence in August, 1973.

It seemed that the United States Parole Board granted Father Berrigan parole after his second hearing due to his poor health (he has a hernia, ulcers, and heart trouble) and the fear that he might become sicker or die in prison.

Eluding the police for four months, and making many "hit and run" public appearances, Berrigan was finally captured on August 11, 1970  

On January 26, Philip Berrigan released this statement:

"The news of my brother's parole was totally unexpected yet received with the utmost joy by myself, the defendants, our lawyers - all who know and love Dan. Very simply, we thank God and thank our friends who worked so steadfastly for his release.

"We hope that the same measure of sanity will apply to the resisters, to those who have risked life and freedom for peace in the world, for what Dan teaches and stands for and lives."

Berrigan will be teaching at Woodstock College, a seminary in New York state, when he gets out of jail.