Significance of Property/Structure/Location to religious community
Reported to Police
Yes
Response of Local Authorities
Unknown
Image credit: Richard Rogerson / Lych Gate St. John’s Church, Copthorne, West Sussex, CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/)
In the latest in a series of vandalism incidents at the St John the Evangelist church in Copthorne, the Victorian gate memorial to World War I veterans in the churchyard was kicked in and broken. The Churchwarden reported that this was the latest in a string of incidents at the village church. Police are investigating.
