Protesting priest starts jail sentence in Texas
Fr Jim Hynes, 57, was convicted of trespassing on US government land during a 10,000-strong protest in Geogia last November.
The Ballyfermot-born priest and 85 other protesters crossed the fence outside the School of Americas military training camp as a form of civil disobedience. They were all arrested and Fr Hynes spent two nights shackled in a cold Georgia jail. A federal judge gave him a $500 fine and a six-month prison sentence. “I wouldn’t say he’s looking forward to it, but he’s determined to do it. He’ll keep going until that place closes down,” said his brother Richard Hynes, who lives in Clondalkin in Dublin.
