Several Attacks on Churches Recorded

Country: Germany

Date of incident: May 1, 2010


The renowned daily reports on a noticeable rise in quality and quantity of attacks against Church buildings.

The renowned daily Die Allgemeine Frankfurter Zeitung reports on a noticeable rise in quality and quantity of attacks against Church buildings and lists several examples: In Dinkelsbühl relics of St. Aurelius were stolen and his bones severally damaged. In Kehlheim, a statute of Christ was vandalized by cutting of arms and legs.  In Bad Aibling human excrements were left in the local parish Church.  In Oberpolling windows were destroyed, hymn books and an altar cloth set on fire.  Also in Contwig and Rimschweiler the parish Churches were vandalized. In Garbeck old Church windows were destroyed, and a cross attached to the outside wall was torn off.  In Bebra 31 Church windows were destroyed, the fourth time harm was done to the local Church in the first quarter of 2010.