Woman Fined for Projecting Cross on Church Facade

Case information
Incident date
Country
Spain
Place
Callosa de Segura
Categories
  • Government Restrictions
Attack Against
  • Faith
Perpetrator / Motive Indicators
  • Anti-Religion or Humanism Groups
  • Political
  • Radical Left
Societal Sphere
  • Governmental
Hate Crime & Violent Incidents
  • Other (text field)
  • Intolerance towards Religious Symbols
Religious Freedom / Discrimination
  • Censorship or Removal of Public Christian Symbols
  • Exclusion (of individuals or ideas)
Place of Incident
  • Church
On the left, the projection of the cross. On the right, the city's use of spotlights on the church facade to diminish the appearance of the projected cross.Image credit: Facebook page of Defensa de la Cruz. Plataforma Ciudadana

A woman in the community of Callosa de Segura was sanctioned 100 euros per day for projecting the image of a cross on the wall of the church of San Martin.

After the city council decided, in spite of the objection of Christian groups, to remove the outer cross from the church, neighbor Teresa Agulló installed a projector on her balcony to shine a silhouette of a cross on the facade of the church.

The police fined her 100 euros each day for "invading the public space" and the city council ordered spotlights to shine on the church to prevent the illuminated cross from being seen from the street.

Citizen Go initiated a petition to support Teresa.

Sources: La Gaceta and Actuall

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