More Churches in England Added to The List "Heritage at Risk" Due To Criminal Attacks On Churches

Country: United Kingdom

Date of incident: October 12, 2020


In the Year 2020 until now, 90 places of worship have been added to the "Historic England’s Heritage at Risk" register, while only 69 are being taken off. The organisation says this is a New trend they hope will not become the rule. Almost half of the churches are being added because of crimes and thefts of church roofs, which have increased in recent years.

Source: The TimesChurch Times

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