Sister without mercy! Hilarious moment a nun tackles a climate protester to the ground as an eco-mob tries to stop a new church being built in France
- A radical eco-mob confronted nuns protecting the site and clashes broke out
This is the hilarious moment a nun tackles a climate protester to the ground after an eco-mob tried to stop the construction of a new church in France.
The clip shows the nun sprinting across the muddy construction site of a Catholic center in Saint-Pierre-de-Colombier in Ardèche, charging towards one of the activists and grabbing him from behind.
The protester, carrying two large top hats in each hand, tries to run away but loses his balance as the nun tackles him to the ground.
The nun holds on tightly to his jacket and pulls the eco-protester to the ground in what almost looks like a professional rugby tackle.
The confrontation with the nun forces the protester to let go of the top hats and toss them aside as he tries to break away from the heroic sister.
A French nun took action against one of the environmentalists who tried to block the construction site of a new church because of its carbon footprint. pic.twitter.com/VTRqqPPgYp
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The clip shows the nun sprinting across the muddy construction site of a Catholic center in Saint-Pierre-de-Colombier in Ardèche, charging towards one of the activists and grabbing him from behind
The nun, who also ends up in the mud with an eco-protester, quickly gets up to compose herself.
The video also shows an eco-vandal stomping on the cylinders to destroy them, leaving debris from the broken plastic on the ground before walking away.
Protesters had reportedly tried to thwart the planned construction of a new church in France because of its carbon footprint.
According to French news site France 3, the controversial project to build a large Catholic religious center in Saint-Pierre-de-Colombier in Ardèche has been at the center of a tense confrontation with climate activists since 2018.
On Monday, October 14, a standoff broke out between a radical movement called “Les Amis de la Bourge” and nuns protecting the construction site, leading to violent clashes.
The protester carried two large top hats in each hand as he tried to run away from the nun
The nun holds on tightly to his jacket and pulls the eco-protester to the ground in what almost looks like a professional rugby tackle
The confrontation with the nun forces the protester to let go of the cylinders in his hands as he throws them aside and tries to break away from the heroic sister.
The nun, who also ends up in the mud with an eco-protester, quickly gets up to compose herself
Protesters had reportedly tried to thwart the planned construction of a new church in France because of its carbon footprint
The nuns guarded the site overnight and fortified entrances with barricades to prevent protesters from entering, as demonstrators gathered for a demonstration from 8am.
According to France 3, Sylvain Hérenguel, co-president of the Association for the Future of the Bourges Valley, said: “I didn’t expect this.”
He added: “I expected that the nuns would be a little sensible about public order.” The problem is that the religious people have decided to resort to violence.
“I was attacked three times by five people who kidnapped me and wanted to throw me out.”
“There they decided to protect the area with their actions and their bodies,” he says.