Social Justice
Hurley was an outspoken opponent of apartheid and in 1984 was charged with contravening the South African police act by publishing information which the government alleged to be untrue about atrocities committed in Namibia by the South African military unit known as Koevoet. The state withdrew the charges later and settled a claim by the Archbishop for damages out of court, paying him R 25,000. Due to his commitment to social justice, the Denis Hurley Peace Initiative, an associate body of the Southern African Catholic Bishops Conference, was named in his honour.
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