French Church Desecrated

Country: France

Date of incident: September 19, 2015


In the afternoon of Saturday, September 19, 2015, the church of Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul d’Habas (Landes) was badly vandalized. Various liturgical objects were desecrated: the altar was stained by food, crosses inverted, missals torn. The entire church was degraded with scattered flowers, candles, sheets of paper and posters torn. A complaint with the police was filed.

Sources and photo credits: http://www.christianophobie.fr/breves/landes-leglise-de-habas-profanee http://www.christianophobie.fr/breves/eglise-dhabas-leveque-reagit-sur-le-vandalisme-de-nouvelles-photos#.VgJcccvtmko