Shots fired at stained-glass windows in the church of Herlies
On Sunday 16th February, one or more individuals entered the church and, with a pistol or a pellet gun, deliberately shot at the central stained-glass window in the choir of the church, which depicts Jesus Christ, with a pistol or a pellet gun. Three other stained-glass windows were also hit by shotgun pellets.
The town hall published the following press release on 19 February:
Certainly in the afternoon of Sunday, February 16, one or more intruders, entered the church probably armed with a pistol or pellet gun. Impacts were noted on three of the stained-glass windows in the left side nave. The most serious was the central stained glass window in the church choir depicting Jesus Christ. The entire section of the stained-glass window, evoking the face, was destroyed. The municipality has called in the Master Glassmaker, who has recently restored two of the five stained glass windows in the choir. For him, the impacts are those of a pellet gun. He has secured the central stained glass window and a long repair work is to be expected, which will generate a considerable cost. Faced with this malicious act, the commune lodged a complaint against X with the gendarmerie of La Bassée. We ask all persons with information that could lead to the identification of the perpetrators of these acts to contact the gendarmerie of La Bassée (03 20 29 01 69) or the town hall (03 20 29 22 97). Let us not allow such acts to go unpunished.
https://www.christianophobie.fr/la-une/nord-tirs-contre-un-vitrail-representant-le-christ-dans-leglise-dherlies?fbclid=IwAR0eqs4Mn6ymletBWWnQQsCq_uuSrtuyMaPUEO-HZxVYFZMXvgp7PTzN3yI
https://www.lavoixdunord.fr/712464/article/2020-02-19/tire-sur-le-christ-de-l-eglise-saint-ame-herlies-plusieurs-vitraux-sont-abimes?utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=echobox_lomme_loos_weppes&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR1iMgkN5TW9nv2F1oCLV7ZmwLx65TELlUSQGiX_iwqqRAVEWV8vZamZ-Hk#Echobox=1582124534