St John's Church in Herford remains closed due to vandalism
For the past few months, incidents of vandalism and damages have occurred in the Neuer Markt church in the Herford district. The pews have repeatedly been pushed and knocked over, a curtain has been torn down, a large sign reading 'open church', which is usually located at the back of the church, has been removed and placed on the altar and leaflets removed from their displays and scattered around the room. Furthermore, there have been complaints in the past about unknown individuals leaving their excrement in the church. Although the number of incidents has decreased, faeces are unfortunately still occasionally discovered in the church.
Because the parish cannot monitor what is happening in St. John's Church around the clock and there are no cameras, the parish is forced to keep the church closed for the time being. “Of course, we don’t like to do that. But we don’t see any other option at the moment,” explains the priest.
Sources: Westfalen-Blatt, LZ.de, NW
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