Poitiers Cathedral smeared with insulting writings

Case information
Incident date
Country
France
Place
Poitiers
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
  • Comments/Written Statements/Gestures/Graffiti
  • Significance of Property/Structure/Location to religious community
  • Victim/Witness Perception
Reported to Police
  • Unknown
Response of Local Authorities
  • Unknown
Image credit: christianophobie.fr

According to the French Observatoire de la Christianophobia, the cathedral of Poitiers has been defaced with insults to the Virgin Mary by a local far-left group.

On Sunday 2 April, several dozen people gathered in front of Poitiers Cathedral to pray for reparation in response to the attack.

Source: christianophobie.fr