Candles and Missal Set on Fire at Church in La Chapelle-Caro
During the fourth week of June 2026, unknown perpetrators entered a church in La Chapelle-Caro, where they deliberately burned candles, broke others and set a missal on fire. The incident occurred only weeks after a similar act of vandalism at another church in the same municipality.
During the fourth week of June 2026, unknown individuals entered the church in La Chapelle-Caro, also located in the municipality of Val d'Oust, France.
Inside the church, several candles were deliberately burned, others were broken, and a missal was found burning. The missal is the liturgical book containing the prayers and texts used for the celebration of Mass.
The parish filed a complaint, and the Ploërmel Gendarmerie opened an investigation.
The incident followed a similar act of vandalism earlier the same month at the church in nearby Le Roc-Saint-André, where unknown individuals burned part of an altar cloth and several candles after entering the church (OIDAC reported). Authorities have not confirmed whether the two incidents are linked.
Source: actu.fr
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