Dąbrowa Górnicza Church Desecrated

Case information

Incident date: Mar 21, 2020
Country: Poland
Place: Dąbrowa Górnicza
Categories: Social Hostility / Intolerance
Attack Against: Faith
Perpetrator / Motive Indicators: Private
Hate Crime & Violent Incidents: Desecration
Vandalism (all)
Vandalism of Church
Religious Freedom / Discrimination: Other (text field)
Place of Incident: Church
Bias Indicators: Comments/Written Statements/Gestures/Graffiti
Pattern or Frequency of Attacks
Significance of Property/Structure/Location to religious community
Reported to Police: Yes
Response of Local Authorities: Investigated

Image credit: the Parish Achives in Dziennikachodni

On March 21stM a drunk 41-year-old man broke into the church of Dąbrowa Górnicza and profaned the historic altars of Our Lady of the Angels. The man was stopped by priests and put under arrest by the police.

Sources

Dziennikachodni (opens in a new tab)
Salon24 (opens in a new tab)