Father Robert Drinan has died at the age of 86. In 1970, he ran for Congress on an antiwar platform. He won and became the first Roman Catholic priest to serve in Congress. In 1973, Drinan introduced the first resolution to impeach President Nixon. Drinan felt Nixon should be impeached not over the Watergate scandal, but the secret bombing of Cambodia.
Father Robert Drinan, 86, Dies
HeadlineJan 29, 2007