Neil McLaughlin

Released
Full name:Neil R. McLaughlin
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1970s
State:Maryland
Time Imprisoned:
6 Days
Support
Anti-War Catholic Worker Movement
Neil McLaughlin

Biography

Catholic priest of the Archdiocese of Baltimore and Catholic Left anti-war activist. Indicted as a member of the 'Harrisburg Seven' in January 1971 on charges of conspiring to kidnap Henry Kissinger and bomb federal heating tunnels in Washington, DC. The conspiracy charges ended in a hung jury in April 1972 and were ultimately dropped.

Archdiocesan priest of Baltimore active in Catholic Left anti-war organizing. Indicted January 1971 as a Harrisburg Seven defendant; April 1972 trial ended in hung jury. Note: distinct from Jesuit Neil P. McLaughlin SJ (different priest).

Cases

Charges: Conspiracy to kidnap Henry Kissinger and to bomb federal heating tunnels (Harrisburg 7 indictment, 1971; mistrial)
Arrested: Jan 12, 1971
Incarcerated: Jan 12, 1971
Released: January 1971
Sentence: Hung jury April 5, 1972; mistrial; no retrial. His September 1971 account states that he was arrested January 12, 1971 and freed on bail after six days. The April 1972 trial outcome was not the end of uninterrupted pretrial imprisonment; the exact January release day remains unresolved.
Prosecutor: William S. Lynch
Judge: Hon. R. Dixon Herman
U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
Charges: Conspiracy to kidnap Henry Kissinger; conspiracy to bomb federal heating tunnels
Arrested: Jan 12, 1971
Convicted: No
Institution State: Pennsylvania

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