French nun tackles environmental protester attempting to stop construction of religious centerBy Lindsay Kornick, Fox News
Published Oct. 18, 2023
A French nun was seen tackling an environmental protester outside the construction of a new religious center in what quickly became a viral online video.
On Saturday, members of the eco-group Les Amis de la Bourges, which is translated to friends of the village, attempted to protest the building of a new religious complex in Saint-Pierre-de-Colombier.
The construction was surrounded by a group of nuns from the Missionary Family of Notre-Dame forming a human chain around the area to stop the activists.
Altercations reportedly began in the early morning, leading to one of the sisters tackling a protester who was running with what appeared to be building materials to the ground while other protesters stomped on the piping materials.
“I didn’t expect that,” co-president of the association for the future of the Bourges valley Sylvain Hérenguel told public broadcast channel France 3. “I expected the nuns to be a little reasonable for the public order. The problem is that the religious people decided to resort to violence. I was attacked three times by five people, who snatched me, who wanted to throw me out there. They decided to protect the site with their actions and their bodies.”
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Source:
https://nypost.com/2023/10/18/french-nun-tackles-environmental-protester-attempting-to-stop-construction-of-religious-center/
