5G network protest - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Thu, 30 Sep 2021 04:51:00 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg 5G network protest - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 French friars arrested after anti-5G protest https://cathnews.co.nz/2021/09/30/french-friars-arrested-after-anti-5g-protest/ Thu, 30 Sep 2021 05:50:54 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=140941 Two traditionalist friars have been arrested in France for setting ablaze one telephone pole and trying to destroy a second one to "protect the population" against what they believed were the harmful effects of the new 5G wireless network recently installed there. The friars, 39 and 40 years old, owned up to their acts and Read more

French friars arrested after anti-5G protest... Read more]]> Two traditionalist friars have been arrested in France for setting ablaze one telephone pole and trying to destroy a second one to "protect the population" against what they believed were the harmful effects of the new 5G wireless network recently installed there.

The friars, 39 and 40 years old, owned up to their acts and were freed under judicial control. They could face trial for arson and criminal association, which carry a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison and fines of €150.000.

The case has proved embarrassing for the Capuchin community, which is linked to the ultra-traditionalist Society of St Pius X (SSPX), said a member of the monastery at Villié-Morgon in the Beaujolais region north of Lyon.

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