Galway: Church Interior Found Devastated

Case information
Incident date
Country
Ireland
Place
Galway
Categories
  • Social Hostility / Intolerance
Attack Against
  • Faith
Perpetrator / Motive Indicators
  • Private
Hate Crime & Violent Incidents
  • Desecration
  • 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
  • Unknown

On the 26th of October, the Holy Trinity Church on Errislannan peninsula in Galway was completely desecrated by vandalism.

“The interior had been found ruined, with windows smashed, electrics ripped out of the walls, and the pulpit, pews and organ destroyed,” said Canon Stan Evans who is in charge of the religious building. He is convinced that the church attack was deliberate because everything with worship value was desecrated.

The damage was estimated to be as much as 70,000 euros.

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