religious issues was unhelpful. Throughout all this, Louis XVI was appalled. Louis was a deeply devout man, and while he was required to give public approval to the Civil Constitution of the Clergy, he rejected it in private. On Palm Sunday in April 1791, he took communion from a non-juring priest. While friends, advisors, and even his wife had been strongly urging him to flee the country, Louis had resisted these suggestions. The attack on the clergy was potentially the tipping point that eventually led to the King's doomed flight to Varennes in June 1791. References Religion and the French Revolution Religious oaths History of Catholicism in France 1789 establishments in France