Lazaretto Church Vandalized in Golasseca

Case information
Incident date
Country
Italy
Place
Golasecca
Categories
  • Social Hostility / Intolerance
Attack Against
  • Faith
Perpetrator / Motive Indicators
  • Private
Hate Crime & Violent Incidents
  • Vandalism (all)
  • Vandalism of Church
Place of Incident
  • Church
Bias Indicators
  • Time/Place/Location
  • Victim/Witness Perception
Reported to Police
  • Yes
Response of Local Authorities
  • Unknown
Image credit: Varese News

On the 21st of March, unknown persons entered the small Church of Lazaretto and vandalized its interior. the Parish priest, Fr. Hervé Simeoni, filed a complaint at the police. The Church was attacked a second time in April.

"What poor brothers or sisters, those who live such actions toward the little church and its Community," says Fr. Hervè Simeoni. "Lord help them to build actions of service and heart," says the pastor.

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