Robbery at Church of Mondéjar
In the early hours of the 20th of August there was a robbery at the church Santa María Magdalena of Mondéjar. The parish priest discovered the theft when he went to the church the next morning to prepare for Mass. The thieves had entered the church through a side door after breaking the lock. They broke three other door locks until they were able to enter the sacristy. They left the sacristy looted and stole more than 400 euros as well as three large sacred artworks of bronze. The artifacts date back to the late eighteenth or early nineteenth century. The civil guard was notified and investigated.
After the investigation, the parish priest replaced the locks. The church will be equipped with an alarm system in future, something they had already decided due to the fact that they want to make part of the church a museum.
The mayor described the events as "very sad" and expressed his regret for feeling helpless in the situation. He said that he would contact the sub-delegation of the government to increase the number of security personnel in the area as it had seen repeated acts of robbery and vandalim recently.
Source: nueva alcarria.com
Photo by AdriPozuelo, CC BY-SA 3.0
