Statue of Saint Thomas Targeted For Attempted Robbery

Country: France

Date of incident: August 30, 2020


On the 30th pf August, a statue of Saint-Thomas, which was on the porch of the church in Plounéour-Ménez in Finistère, was targeted by robbers or vandals. Three individuals inside a car pulled a rope around the statue to get into into their vehicle, witnesses saw them and scared the perpetrators away. The robbers fled the scene leaving the statue toppled over and damaged.

Ouest France Christianophobie 

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