Saint-Ambroise Church in Paris vandalised

Case information
Incident date
Country
France
Place
Paris
Categories
  • Social Hostility / Intolerance
Attack Against
  • Faith
Perpetrator / Motive Indicators
  • Private
Hate Crime & Violent Incidents
  • Desecration
  • Vandalism (all)
  • Vandalism of Church
Place of Incident
  • Church
Bias Indicators
  • Lack of Other Motive
  • Significance of Property/Structure/Location to religious community
  • Victim/Witness Perception
Reported to Police
  • Unknown
Response of Local Authorities
  • Unknown
Image credit: Twitter

In the night from 25 to 26 of February the church on Saint-Ambroise in Paris was broken into. The doors were found damaged and human excrements were found in front of the altar.

The parish priest, Father Pascal Nègre, denounced these acts on Twitter, reporting that the doors had been forced open and fractured "by one or more individuals without any respect for these heritage, sacred and religious places."

He also reported that "unbearable excrements in front of the altar" and "remains of late-night drinking" were found.

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