The acquittal of eight women from the activist group Femen over a topless protest they held in Paris’s Notre Dame cathedral two years ago was upheld by a French court of appeals on Thursday.
The feminist activists mixed with hordes of queuing visitors to enter the 12th century church unspotted in 2013 – one day after Pope Benedict resigned – before bearing torsos painted with slogans such as ‘Pope No More’ and ‘Get lost, homophobe’.
The case against the Femen women, some of whom were smacked in the face by angry Catholics before security staff bundled them out of the church, had …read more
Source: Cyprus Mail
