Tabernacle Overthrown in Maisons-Laffitte Church

Case information
Incident date
Country
France
Place
Maisons-Laffitte
Categories
  • Social Hostility / Intolerance
Attack Against
  • Faith
Perpetrator / Motive Indicators
  • Private
Hate Crime & Violent Incidents
  • Vandalism (all)
  • Vandalism of Church
Place of Incident
  • Church
Bias Indicators
  • Significance of Property/Structure/Location to religious community
  • Time/Place/Location
  • Victim/Witness Perception
Reported to Police
  • Yes
Response of Local Authorities
  • Investigated
Image credit: Twitter page of Mayor Jacques Myard

In the late afternoon of February 10th, the priest of Saint-Nicolas de Maisons-Laffitte discovered that the church's tabernacle had been thrown to the ground. The police arrested a 35-year-old man who confessed.

This incident occurred just days after the nearby church of Saint-Nicolas de Houilles was vandalized for the third time in seven days.

Sources: Le Parisien and Actu.fr

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