If most people enter a place of worship with the necessary discretion, a man, on the contrary, caused serious damage on Saturday. The individual desecrated two churches in Seine-Saint-Denis, Pantin and La Courneuve, according to The Parisian. In the morning, he entered the Sainte-Marthe-des-Quatre-Chemins church in Pantin, breaking four statues (including two of Christ, one of Saint Marthe and one of the Virgin Mary) overthrowing the furniture and tearing posters. The church was then empty but the parish priest, discovering the disaster at noon, warned the police, specifies France Info.
A few hours later, around 2 p.m., the man entered the Saint-Yves church at La Courneuve, where a mass was underway. Under the shocked gaze of the faithful, he damaged three statues (Joan of Arc and two of Christ) overturned from the benches and candelabras, destroys candles and torn off from the display panels.
An arrest without injured
The police of the anti -crime brigade (bac) quickly intervened and arrested the suspect, carrying a small knife, without incident. According to The Parisianthe man, a toxican consumer of crack, made incoherent remarks suggesting a lack of lack.
The two priests filed a complaint and an investigation was opened by the La Courneuve police station. The bishop of Saint-Denis, Mgr Étienne Guillet, expressed his “deep sadness” in the face of these acts of vandalism and will chair a mass next Sunday in Saint-Yves, before going to Sainte-Marthe, concludes France Info.
