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Army Pfc. Raymond D. Kroll, who took sanctuary in Marsh Chapel at Boston University for five days last month, was convicted Wednesday of being AWOL from his base at Fort Benning...
...court martial board at Fort Devens in Ayer, Mass., sentenced Kroll to three months of hard labor and forfeiture of $73 per month...
...Connor said that he himself first became interested in seeking sanctuary after attending B.U.'s Marsh Chapel last October during the vigil for AWOL Army private Ray Kroll. He had gone AWOL last spring for 50 days "purely for selfish reasons--just to get out of it myself...
...bust began when an FBI agent announced into a bullhorn, "This is the FBI--you have 15 seconds to clear the aisles." He repeated this statement several times, then ordered his men to move toward the altar and take positions. Five of them carried Kroll away...
Several student leaders later complained that the plainclothes federal agents were unnecessarily harsh to Kroll during his arrest. Observers said he was dragged down the steps outside the chapel, and an official statement noted "the faceless brutality...