Case information
Incident date May 6, 2020
Country France
Place Bourg-en-Bresse Categories Social Hostility / Intolerance Perpetrator / Motive Indicators Hate Crime & Violent Incidents Desecration Theft Vandalism (all) Vandalism of Chapel Bias Indicators Comments/Written Statements/Gestures/Graffiti Significance of Property/Structure/Location to religious community Time/Place/Location Response of Local Authorities Case information
Incident date May 6, 2020
Country France
Place Bourg-en-Bresse Categories Social Hostility / Intolerance Perpetrator / Motive Indicators Hate Crime & Violent Incidents Desecration Theft Vandalism (all) Vandalism of Chapel Bias Indicators Comments/Written Statements/Gestures/Graffiti Significance of Property/Structure/Location to religious community Time/Place/Location Response of Local Authorities Symbolic image; not a photograph of the reported incident. Image credit: Christian Liebel on Unsplash In the night of May 6 to 7 during the confinement, unknown perpetrators broke into the Saint-Antoine chapel in Bourg-en-Bresse. The parish priest found consecrated hosts scattered across the floor on the following morning. It was suspected that at least one chalice had been stolen as well.
