Megan Rice, peace activist nun imprisoned for nuclear site break-in, dies at 91
Megan Rice spent two years in federal prison while in her 80s after breaking into a government security complex to protest nuclear weapons.
by The Associated Press
Oct 17, 2021
2 minutes
ROSEMONT, Penn. â Megan Rice, a nun and Catholic peace activist who spent two years in federal prison while in her 80s after breaking into a government security complex to protest nuclear weapons, has died. She was 91.
Rice died of congestive heart failure Oct. 10 at Holy Child Center in Rosemont, Pa., according to her order, the Society of the Holy Child Jesus.
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