Donation Box Stolen from Church in Mantes-la-Jolie
Case information
Incident date
Country
France
Place
Mantes-la-Jolie
Categories
Social Hostility / Intolerance
Attack Against
Faith
Perpetrator / Motive Indicators
Private
Hate Crime & Violent Incidents
Theft
Vandalism (all)
Vandalism of Church
Place of Incident
Church
Bias Indicators
Significance of Property/Structure/Location to religious community
Reported to Police
Yes
Response of Local Authorities
Investigated
Shortly before starting Mass on January 21st, the priest of Saint-Jean-Baptiste church in Mantes-la-Jolie discovered that one or more individuals broke a window and two doors in order to steal the church donation box. The priest filed a complaint with the police.
