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.
He is an activist, has participated in a number of Plowshares Movement protests and is a war-tax resister.
Recently raising awareness of torture, Kelly was arrested at Fort Huachuca along with Fr. Louie Vitale. His legal defense team included William P. Quigley.
In protest to UAV attacks in Pakistan, in an event sponsored by Nevada Desert Experience, Louie Vitale, Kathy Kelly, John Dear, Kelly, and others were also arrested at Creech Air Force Base on Wednesday April 9, 2009.[1][2]