Returning to the US, the couple continued to be vocal in the Guatemalan cause, which eventually led them to be part of the Catonsville Nine group of antiwar Catholic activists.
[3] After serving out their prison sentence, both Melville and his wife obtained doctorate degrees.
Melville was given a second chance by Father Gerbermann when a fellow Maryknoll priest fell ill, and no one else was available to replace him.
The helped the locals buy a truck to haul firewood and stones to expedite their production of lime.
[5] After six years of helping the people of Cabricán, Melville was asked by Father Gerbermann to be in charge of coordinating social action programs in Huehuetenango.
[6] In November 1967, Melville attended the first major meeting of the Christian revolutionaries in the city of Escuintla.
After arriving in the United States on December 21, 1967, they traveled separately on busses to Mexico to avoid detection by Guatemalan and Mexican authorities.