Key for Tabernacle of the St. Joseph Hospital Church in Bensheim Stolen
Case information
Incident date
Country
Germany
Place
Bensheim
Categories
Social Hostility / Intolerance
Attack Against
Faith
Perpetrator / Motive Indicators
Private
Hate Crime & Violent Incidents
Theft
Religious Freedom / Discrimination
Freedom of Religion
Place of Incident
Church
Bias Indicators
Lack of Other Motive
Significance of Property/Structure/Location to religious community
Reported to Police
Yes
Response of Local Authorities
Unknown
Symbolic image; not a photograph of the reported incident.Image credit: Thirdman from Pexels
During the night of March 6th, burglars force their way into the St. Joseph Hospital Church and stole the key to the tabernacle. To do this, they broke through a wooden door and pushed open the door of the sacristy. The tabernacle holds the sacred hosts which shows this was a targeted act.
