Virgin Maria Mocked By Graffiti

Case information
Incident date
Country
Spain
Place
Sevilla
Categories
  • Social Hostility / Intolerance
Attack Against
  • Morals
Perpetrator / Motive Indicators
  • Radical Left
Hate Crime & Violent Incidents
  • Threats
  • Vandalism (all)
  • Vandalism of Church
  • Insult or Incitement
Religious Freedom / Discrimination
  • Censorship or Removal of Public Christian Symbols
Place of Incident
  • Church
Bias Indicators
  • Comments/Written Statements/Gestures/Graffiti
  • Organized Hate Groups
Reported to Police
  • Yes
Response of Local Authorities
  • Unknown

In the evening of March 8th, (women’s day) an insulting graffiti was sprayed under the ceramic altarpiece of the Virgin del Buen Fin on the wall of the church of San Martin. The tag said: "The Virgin Mary would also have had an abortion". The graffiti was removed from the facade of the church.

In February last year the same church has already become a victim of vandalism, as graffiti was sprayed on the church, saying "The only church that lights up is the one that burns". The painter was caught by the police a couple of days later, but this year in the last months many churches in Spain were vandalized again.

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