A Jesuit since 1970 and a passionate advocate for peace in the Middle East, Harak has traveled to Iraq three times with Voices in the Wilderness where he openly violated UN sanctions to bring medicine and toys to Iraqi hospitals. In Iraq, he met with local religious leaders, leaders of human rights organizations and representatives of UN relief operations. In 1998, Harak resigned his full professorship at Fairfield University to work full time against the sanctions with Voices in the Wilderness, delivering over 1500 presentations on Iraq for TV, radio and live presentations in the US and abroad. A distinguished scholar in his field, Harak has published four books, most recently Nonviolence for the Third Millennium: Its Legacy and Its Future, and is currently writing Vicious Passions, a study of addiction and violence. He currently resides in New York City.