January 19, 2007

Indianapolis parish is hosting prayer service for local protesters

A short prayer service will be held in Indianapolis on Jan. 25 for the 16 protesters who were arrested on trespassing charges at Fort Benning, Ga.

The prayer service will begin at 7 p.m. at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, 5692 Central Ave.

The 16 people were arrested on Nov. 19 while protesting against the U.S. Army’s Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation, a school that the protesters believe trains soldiers from Latin America to torture and kill.

Two protesters with Indianapolis ties—Val Fillenwarth, 64, and Whitney Ray, 17—were among the protesters who were arrested. They will go on trial in late January on the misdemeanor charge of trespassing on government property. †

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