WEST ROXBURY (WHDH) — A peaceful protest against the construction of a pipeline was held in West Roxbury on Wednesday.

Religious leaders and activists prayed and played songs in front of the West Roxbury Lateral Pipeline construction site.

The clergy members planned to trespass on the site, singing until police arrested them.

The pipeline is set to run five miles through Roxbury and Dedham.

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