US EditionA Jesuit priest prefers prison over a fine to draw attention to climate change
- A Jesuit priest prefers prison over a 500-euro fine for participating in a climate activist blockade in Nuremberg.
- The Bavarian Higher Regional Court confirmed his conviction for coercion after his appeal was rejected.
- Rev. Jörg Alt is serving a 25-day prison sentence, stating it draws attention to climate change and is also in solidarity with climate activists affected by legal actions.
- Alt expressed that paying the fine would harm his order and he opposes the judicial treatment of climate activists, calling it unjust.
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Originally Father Jörg Alt was supposed to pay a fine for an adhesive action in Nuremberg, in which he had participated in 2022. Instead, he has an important reason for going into restitution.
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A Jesuit priest prefers prison over a fine to draw attention to climate change
A Jesuit priest says he will rather go to prison than pay a fine of 500 euros or $541 for participating in a climate activists’ street blockade in the southern German city of Nuremberg.
Going to prison is “the last form of protest I have left.” This is what the German Jesuit Jörg Alt said this April 1st in a statement sent to
A German Jesuit priest is trying to raise awareness about the fight against climate change in an unusual way. He has decided to go to prison rather than pay a fine of 500 euros for participating in a street blockade by climate activists in the southern German city of Nuremberg. His sin, which the court will punish, is that he participated in a protest in which he and other environmental activists blocked traffic and stuck their hands to the stre…
Nuremberg - The Nuremberg Jesuit priest and climate activist Jörg Alt stuck himself on the street and blocked the traffic - for this he must now go to prison. He is a role model, writes Manuel Kugler in his pro-comment.
Nuremberg - Actually, Father Jörg Alt should pay a fine for the adhesive action in Nuremberg. Instead, he has an important reason for going into restitution.
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