Poulseur: Statue of Christ Shattered

Country: Belgium

Date of incident: April 7, 2018


On the morning of April 7th, the sacristan of the church in Poulseur discovered it had been vandalized. A statue of a crucified Jesus Christ had been taken down from a hook and shattered into pieces. The extensive damage to the statue suggested that the perpetrators climbed onto the choir screen and threw it down to the ground from above. Other vessels with flowers were also knocked down and broken. The damage was reported to the police.

 

Sources: RTC and La Meuse

Video and photo of the damage: RTC