Fr. Louie Vitale ofm (born June 1, 1932) is a Franciscan priest, activist, co-founder of Nevada Desert Experience. The term Franciscan is commonly used to refer to members of Catholic Events 193 - Roman Emperor Didius Julianus is Assassinated 987 - Hugh Capet is elected Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. The Nevada Desert Experience is a name for the movement to stop U He served as the provincial superior of the California Franciscan Friars from 1979 to 1988. A provincial superior is a major superior of a Religious order acting under the order's Superior general and exercising a general supervision over all the local superiors Then he served as the pastor at St. Boniface Catholic Church in the tenderloin of San Francisco, California. The Tenderloin is a dense residential retail and nightlife neighborhood in downtown San Francisco. The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city Louie has a Ph. D. in Sociology from the University of California, Los Angeles. The University of California Los Angeles (generally known as UCLA) is a public research university located in Westwood Los Angeles, California, United
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 at Fort Huachuca in Arizona in Nov 2006 in protest to torture and both are awaiting trial June 6. Fr Stephen Kelly SJ is a priest of the Society of Jesus who worked with the Jesuit Refugee Service in Central America for many years Fort Huachuca is a United States Army installation under the command of the United States Army Installation Management Command The State of Arizona ( is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. [1] His legal defense team includes William P. Quigley. William P Quigley is a law professor and Director of the Law Clinic and the Gillis Long Poverty Law Center at Loyola University New Orleans.