Statue of Baby Jesus Vandalised in the Netherlands
Case information
Incident date
Country
Netherlands
Place
Heesch
Categories
Social Hostility / Intolerance
Attack Against
Faith
Perpetrator / Motive Indicators
Private
Hate Crime & Violent Incidents
Vandalism (all)
Vandalism of Public Christian Symbol
Religious Freedom / Discrimination
Censorship or Removal of Public Christian Symbols
Place of Incident
Christian Holiday Display / Celebration
Bias Indicators
Significance of Property/Structure/Location to religious community
Reported to Police
Unknown
Response of Local Authorities
Unknown
The statue of baby Jesus in the village of Heesh has been victimized by vandalism between Christmas and New Year. According to the report, these attacks on the nativity scene are very common. This time, the head of the statue of Jesus was broken into four pieces, and the cot had a big hole in it. Peter van Moorselaar of De Drie Leliën, who is in charge of taking care of the nativity scene has also shared the crime. He mentioned how the head of the baby Jesus looked as "if vandals had played soccer with it." Even though there were concerns over the price of the damages, Joke Franken and his daughter have restored the statue of baby Jesus.
