On Monday 3th and Tuesday 4th August, the Parish of San Francisco de Paula was attacked by a group of uniformed teenage girls of extremist ideology. They interrupted the prayers for the victims of Covid-19 and insulted, threatened the parishioners with death and shouted at the ones present, asking them to leave the country. The most present were elderly citizens. They tried to climb up to the altar. The parish priest tried to file a complaint to the police for hate crime, but he was ignored by the agents. Being ignored by the police, he contacted the mother of one of the girls who attacked the parish, who also showed rejection but accepted to talk to her daughter. After media pressure, the police started investigating and filed the case.
"It hurts me that the Mossos (Police) leave us unprotected." - Father Galan
The President of the Episcopal Conference and Archbishop of the City of Barcelona expressed his solidarity after hearing of the vandalized parish. After the media pressure, the Police started investigating. They insulted the parishioners, threatened them with death, took photos and videos of the images, and tried to climb the altar. One of the parishioners ended up with a bloody nose due to the tension of the scene.