The individuals are later arrested, but released when a radical priest intervenes.

This priest "intervened at every attempt by the militia to abduct or murder" the refugees in his centre.

The gang eventually gave up after a priest intervened.

Your good priest intervened just in time, I fear.

The priest intervened and cut himself to stop the mad brothers.

He tells them to accuse him in public, and they make to attack him, but priests intervene.

The priests of the island now intervened, trying to bring about conciliation between the parties.

Perhaps a soft hearted priest intervened.

At that moment the priest, speaking for the first time, intervened.

This was stopped, however, on 10 December before it could reach Barcelonnette, as the priest of the subprefecture had intervened.