Teenagers disrupt of church service

Case information
Incident date
Country
Poland
Place
Kilece
Categories
  • Social Hostility / Intolerance
Attack Against
  • Faith
Perpetrator / Motive Indicators
  • Private
Hate Crime & Violent Incidents
  • Other (text field)
  • Insult or Incitement
Religious Freedom / Discrimination
  • Freedom of Religion
Place of Incident
  • Church
Bias Indicators
  • Significance of Property/Structure/Location to religious community
  • Time/Place/Location
Reported to Police
  • Yes
Response of Local Authorities
  • Investigated
Image credit: Laboratorium Wolnosci Religijnej

On March 13, 2023, two teenagers disrupted the celebration of a Catholic mass in one of Kielce's churches and posted the recording on the internet. A video posted on TikTok shows the two teenagers betting that one of them would enter the church during Mass and interrupt the service by playing an extremely vulgar song from his mobile phone.

The video shows the teenager entering the church during the service and playing the song on his phone. After a moment, one of the women reacts to the outrageous behaviour by trying to grab the boy's hand. But he sliped away and walked away.

Polish law prohibits malicious interference with the public performance of a religious act by a regulated church or other religious association.

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