Holy Water Font Defiled in Sedelsberg

Case information

Incident date: Feb 18, 2022
Country: Germany
Place: Sedelsberg
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: Pattern or Frequency of Attacks
Significance of Property/Structure/Location to religious community
Reported to Police: Unknown
Response of Local Authorities: Unknown

Chips and cigarettes were found in the holy water font at the St. Peter Canisius Church in Sedelsberg. The incident happened on February 18th and the unknown vandal showed complete irreverence for the place which is sacred to many.

Sources

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