Pectoral Cross of Cardinal Wyszynski Stolen From Pilgrimage Church

Country: Germany

Date of incident: December 17, 2023


A pectoral cross donated to the Church in Ortenburg, Germany, by Cardinal Wyszynski was stolen. Unknown perpetrators brok into the case in which it was stored to steal the cross.

The cross was stolen from the pilgriage church of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Ortenburg, where it was stored in a display case. The estimation of the material value of the cross is several thousand pounds, according to a police spokesperson. The cross was donated to the church in the 1980s by Cardinal Wyszynski who has since been beatified in January 2021. 

Sources: Polish News Aussiedlebote

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