Church Vandalised in Saint-Jouin-Bruneval

Country: France

Date of incident: July 16, 2011


The church of Saint-Jouin-Bruneval in the Seine Maritime department of Normandy has been vandalised during the night from Saturday 15th to Sunday 16th of July. An unknown number of person came through the door of the church tower, descended a ladder and took a choir bench to break down the door of the sacristy which they completely wrenched. They tumbled the candles and the candle-holders and then ripped off a wooden chest near the main altar. Finally, they broke open the offertory-box were to take its contents.

Source: http://www.paris-normandie.fr/actu/leglise-vandalisee-a-saint-jouin-bruneval