Katherine Ann Power

“My access to the reality of my actions was really blocked by shame,”

Katherine Ann Power · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-13

Power described how shame blocked her from confronting the reality of her actions.

“What I felt was a release from an entanglement that had begun all those years ago. Through statements, Clare and I have been ‘in dialogue’ for 50 years, but we have never actually met. I felt witnessed.”

Katherine Ann Power · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-13

Power described feeling released and witnessed after being invited to watch the play about her story.

“I went to a block party last week,”

Katherine Ann Power · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-13

Power described her quiet life since release, including attending a recent block party.

“I was a successful fugitive because of the way I fit into our society [as a white woman]. You know, I had a liquor license and a bank loan for my business.”

Katherine Ann Power · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-13

Power attributed her success as a fugitive to fitting into society as a white woman.

“It took a lot of work to unblock that so that I could really see the impact it had on Clare and her family.”

Katherine Ann Power · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-13

Power said it took significant work to see the impact her crime had on Clare Schroeder and her family.

“We felt utterly powerless. A student [Stanley Bond] who was older, on furlough from prison … said: ‘I’m putting together a gorilla revolutionary cell. Do you want to join it?’”

Katherine Ann Power · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-13

Power recalled feeling powerless as a student and being recruited by Stanley Bond into a revolutionary cell.

“On the day of the surrender [in 1993], I had to be walked past a bunch of men who were also in holding cells, and they were like, hailing me as a hero. I knew that was wrong.”

Katherine Ann Power · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-13

Power described being hailed as a hero by other inmates on the day of her surrender in 1993.

“When we are wrapping up some of the house purchase documents, some people say to me: ‘Oh I know your whole story, by the way’.”

Katherine Ann Power · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-13

Power, now a realtor living in Concord, Massachusetts, says clients sometimes mention they know her story.

“went away for a while”

Katherine Ann Power · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-13

Power asked her 13-year-old son what he thought if she went away for a while before negotiating her surrender.