Property Damage and Attempted Theft in Pleyben Church

Case information
Incident date
Country
France
Place
Pleyben
Categories
  • Social Hostility / Intolerance
Attack Against
  • Faith
Perpetrator / Motive Indicators
  • Private
Hate Crime & Violent Incidents
  • Vandalism of Church
Place of Incident
  • Church
Bias Indicators
  • Significance of Property/Structure/Location to religious community
  • Time/Place/Location
Reported to Police
  • Yes
Response of Local Authorities
  • Unknown
Image credit: letelegramme.fr

On April 30th, the volunteers of the Saint-Germain Church in Pleyben, were shocked to find significant amounts of property damage. The front door was damaged and judging by the broken display cases, an attempt was made to steal the religious objects. They did not know who did it.

Mayor of the municipality, Amélie Caro, said: "There was a clear attempt to steal religious objects since the display cases containing the Treasures of Pleyben and its surrounding municipalities were broken: one can imagine a previous identification"

Source: letelegramme.fr