Several Statues Vandalized over Ten Days in Lyon Churches
On March 22nd, several statues of St. Joseph, located in the chapel of Notre-Dame-des-Neiges and the church of Saint-Pothin, were destroyed by vandals.
Two people praying in church reported seeing a person wearing a hood, who fled from the scene. About ten days earlier, a wooden statue of the Madonna and Child was torn from its base in Saint-Pothin, but was unbroken and thus returned to the base. Following these facts of vandalism, a complaint was filed by the leaders of both parishes. Source: Le Progrès de Lyon