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Tacoma priest, longtime weapons activist dead at 86

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Berit Anderson

The Rev. Bill Bichsel, who spent nearly 40 years protesting military weaponry and policies, died Saturday in Tacoma.

"I’m so glad for the action we took," Bichsel said at a 2011 sentencing after he and a group of others broke into the Bangor Navy base protest nuclear weapons. "I think the only law that we tried to carry in our own hands is God’s law."

The Tacoma News Tribune's Steve Maynard has the full story.

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By Berit Anderson

Berit Anderson was Managing Editor at Crosscut, following tech, culture, media and politics. She founded Crosscut's Community Idea Lab. 
 
 Previously community manager of the Tribune Company’