Nativity Figure of Infant Jesus "Hanged" with Noose in Pitelli
The act was condemned by the Bishop, as well as the President, of the region of Liguria.
Some time during night, an unknown perpetrator took the doll used in the role of the infant Jesus and hung it with a rope in front of the Nativity. The dolls was noticed by a few passers-by who reported it to the police. The doll was then placed back in the crib that was set up by the public, from which the offerings were to raise funds for leukemia research.The Bishop wrote a letter to the parish priest of Pitelli, Don Giovanni Tassano, to condemn the act and express solidarity to the whole community of Pitelli. "I learned with great sorrow the news of the sacrilegious act committed last night ... The act must be condemned by all." (translated from Italian) Giovanni Toti, President of the Liguria Region, expressed his hope that it was the act of "folly" but recognized that was "still a gesture with serious significance in a moment when our values, and the symbols that represent our culture, are confronted with a very serious clash" and called it "a serious gesture that comes on the eve of a night of tension in which all forces were mobilized in Europe to avoid attacks on our world." (translated from Italian)
Source: tgcom24