Statue of the Virgin Mary destroyed in Poland

Case information
Incident date
Country
Poland
Place
Sikorzyna
Categories
  • Social Hostility / Intolerance
Attack Against
  • Faith
Perpetrator / Motive Indicators
  • Private
Hate Crime & Violent Incidents
  • Vandalism (all)
  • Vandalism of Public Christian Symbol
Place of Incident
  • Public Christian Symbol (outside place of worship)
Reported to Police
  • Yes
Response of Local Authorities
  • Investigated
Image credit: Jacques Gaimard from pixabay

A statue of the Virgin Mary was torn apart and a local chapel destroyed in Sikorzyna, Poland, as reported on the 7th of January. The four perpetrators have been arrested and will be judged accordingly. The Fidei Defensor Monitoring Center for Christianophobia stated that it "will intervene to bring the perpetrators to justice".

A statue of the Virgin Mary Statue was destroyed, having the head been torn off the body, in the Polish town Sikorzyna. It is not the first case of profanation of holy sites and figures in Poland, having the last one been the destruction of the facade of the Church of St. Cross in Warsaw, on Christmas Eve.

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