Forty Religious Objects Recovered After Theft in Ile de France Region

Case information
Incident date
Country
France
Place
Ile de France
Categories
  • Social Hostility / Intolerance
Attack Against
  • Faith
Perpetrator / Motive Indicators
  • Private
Hate Crime & Violent Incidents
  • Theft
  • Vandalism (all)
  • Vandalism of Cemetery
  • Vandalism of Chapel
  • Vandalism of Church
  • Vandalism of Public Christian Symbol
Religious Freedom / Discrimination
  • Other (text field)
Place of Incident
  • Cemetery
  • Chapel
  • Church
  • Public Christian Symbol (outside place of worship)
  • Public Street
Bias Indicators
  • Comments/Written Statements/Gestures/Graffiti
  • Significance of Property/Structure/Location to religious community
Reported to Police
  • Yes
Response of Local Authorities
  • Investigated
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Numerous religious objects such as statues, altar crosses, Stations of the Cross, reliquaries have been stolen between June and November. The police of Seine et Marne found around 40 objects linked to 26 thefts. The statues of St Joseph were found by an elected representative of the commune on an advertisement website. He contacted the seller and informed the police who went to his home in Montreuil and traced the other stolen religious objects.

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