Theft of Consecrated Host in Andalucia

Case information
Incident date
Country
Spain
Categories
  • Social Hostility / Intolerance
Attack Against
  • Faith
Perpetrator / Motive Indicators
  • Private
Hate Crime & Violent Incidents
  • Desecration
  • Insult or Incitement

In the afternoon of March 11th, a small container holding the consecrated host was stolen from the Franciscan Monastery in Jaén.

Reporting the theft on its Facebook page, the Pastoral-Universitaria Jaén expressed its hope that it would be found quickly and unharmed. Destruction of a consecrated host is considered by the Catholic Church to be an act of desecration.
Source: Facebook page of the Pastoral-Universitaria Jaén

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=919935941437829&id=738611869570238

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