Topless activists on trial over Notre Dame protest

Published July 9, 2014 4:49pm ET



PARIS (AP) — French prosecutors want activists who bared their breasts in Notre Dame Cathedral to pay thousands of euros in fines for damages.

Nine activists from feminist group Femen pounded a huge church bell in the landmark Paris cathedral in February 2013 to express anger at the Catholic Church’s opposition to gay marriage, and to “celebrate” the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI.

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