For several months, the church of Jesus the Worker in Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban was targeted by vile acts and thefts that left the church in a terrible state. This included the thefts of condolence booklets and urine or excrement left in the church. These incivilities have only multiplied, according to the priest, and this has emotionally harmed many people.
A funeral worker recalled: "Once, I found excrement in the corner of the church porch before a funeral. People wiped themselves with the skirt of the register table," a funeral worker told La Provence."