Sacred Objects Stolen from Church in Kuckum

Case information
Incident date
Country
Germany
Place
Erkelenz-Kuckum
Categories
  • Social Hostility / Intolerance
Attack Against
  • Faith
Perpetrator / Motive Indicators
  • Private
Hate Crime & Violent Incidents
  • Theft
Religious Freedom / Discrimination
  • Other (text field)
Place of Incident
  • Church
Bias Indicators
  • 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: Jacob Bentzinger on Unsplash

On November 17th unknown perpetrators broke into the church in Kuckum. It was the second time the church was broken into and various liturgical objects were stolen. A local community offered 1000 Euros as a reward for the replacement of the objects, including the stolen monstrance.

"These gilded metal sculptures and vessels have a rather ideal value, neither artistically nor materially. Nevertheless, they belong in our village, it is our common property - and for us Kuckumers these things build a bridge to our past. "

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