Belgian Pastor Publicly Defamed and Church Vandalized

Case information
Incident date
Country
Belgium
Place
Jemelle
Categories
  • Social Hostility / Intolerance
Attack Against
  • Faith
Perpetrator / Motive Indicators
  • Private
Hate Crime & Violent Incidents
  • Vandalism (all)
  • Vandalism of Church
  • Insult or Incitement
Religious Freedom / Discrimination
  • Censorship or Removal of Public Christian Symbols
  • Defamation
  • Negative Stereotyping
Place of Incident
  • Christian Building
  • Church
Bias Indicators
  • Comments/Written Statements/Gestures/Graffiti
  • Lack of Other Motive
  • Victim/Witness Perception
Reported to Police
  • Yes
Response of Local Authorities
  • Unknown

On the 9th of April, at night, unknown people wrote with white paint "Pa Pedophil" (paedophile pastor) on the evangelical Church of Jemelle. Pastor Grégory Zieleniec received a hateful letter in his mailbox "pedophil en liberté. Il s'agit du pasteur grégory zieleniec" (Free paedophile. This is Pastor Gregory Zieleniec). The Pastor has filed a complaint for insult, vandalism and defamation.

Source: Reported directly to us

Illustration sent by the victim.