Father Blase Bonpane

 

 

 

Interesting item in an April 1970 issue of Los Angeles Free Press.

Father Bonpane served as a missionary in Guatemala for years before being expelled by the American ambassador was criticizing U.S. activities there.

He was expelled from his religious order, Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers, for refusing to obey an order not to speak about the United States' activities in Central America and Vietnam.

No longer a priest, Bonpane would later marry and found with his wife, Theresa, the Office of the Americas, which functioned as a watchdog of U.S. involvement in foreign nations.

He ran unsuccessfully for public office more than once.

The Bonpanes' motto was "Don't moan, organize."