Statue of Virgin Stolen from Pau Church

Country: France

Date of incident: April 29, 2022


A statue of the Virgin Mary was stolen from the Saint-Martin church in Pau on April 29th. People saw the man walking through the streets with the 1.5-meter statue and quickly alerted the police who then arrested him. Father Jean-Jacques Dufau said: “She was perched on one foot, on the right side of the church as you entered. I don't know how [the thief] did it."

Source: www.sudouest.fr,larepubliquedespyrenees.fr

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