Church Near Dieppe Closed after Repeated Acts of Vandalism
Case information
Incident date
Country
France
Place
Arques la Bataille
Categories
Social Hostility / Intolerance
Attack Against
Faith
Perpetrator / Motive Indicators
Private
Hate Crime & Violent Incidents
Desecration
Vandalism (all)
Vandalism of Church
Religious Freedom / Discrimination
Freedom of Religion
Place of Incident
Church
Bias Indicators
Significance of Property/Structure/Location to religious community
Victim/Witness Perception
Reported to Police
Unknown
Response of Local Authorities
Unknown
Symbolic image; not a photograph of the reported incident.Image credit: Adrien Tutin on Unsplash
The church in Arques la Bataille, near Dieppe in the Seine Maritime region, which is open during the day, was closed during the Easter school holidays after two vandalistic incidents, in which young people scattered and lighted candles in the church and climbed up the rostrum, then threw music scores and songbooks from up there. It will still be decided when the church will b opened again.
