“Its condition is absolutely appalling”: said a parish priest after the Sacré-Cœur basilica in Rouen was vandalized.
The altar was desecrated, a statue broken during vandalism of the Sacré-Cœur basilica in Rouen, to the west of the city. It suffered significant damage, particularly to the altar and choir.
“ Its condition is absolutely terrible,” Father Geoffroy de la Tousche, parish priest of Rouen, said from the nave in a video posted on Instagram. During the night of November 14 to 15, 2023, the Sacré-Cœur Basilica, located on rue de Bourgogne, suffered very significant damage.
“ A statue was broken, sacred vases were stolen, the altar and the choir are in a terrible state, broken ,” he listed. “ He explained, By luck, grace or providence, the Blessed Sacrament was not stolen.
The priest said that there is tens of thousands of Euros in damage
The diocese of Rouen filed a complaint. The judicial police have taken up the matter, the police tell us.
The act is serious, it is blasphemous, it is disrespectful. It's a burglary in a holy place.
“ The church was properly closed ,” assures the priest. "
A mass was held this on November 16 at the end of the day, “ a time of prayer and reparation ” at the request of the archbishop. Father Geoffroy de la Tousche also invited believers to “ pray for the parish ”.
The altar was desecrated, a statue broken during vandalism of the Sacré-Cœur basilica in Rouen, to the west of the city. It suffered significant damage, particularly to the altar and choir.
“ Its condition is absolutely terrible,” Father Geoffroy de la Tousche, parish priest of Rouen, said from the nave in a video posted on Instagram. During the night of November 14 to 15, 2023, the Sacré-Cœur Basilica, located on rue de Bourgogne, suffered very significant damage.
“ A statue was broken, sacred vases were stolen, the altar and the choir are in a terrible state, broken ,” he listed. “ He explained, By luck, grace or providence, the Blessed Sacrament was not stolen.
The priest said that there is tens of thousands of Euros in damage
The diocese of Rouen filed a complaint. The judicial police have taken up the matter, the police tell us.
The act is serious, it is blasphemous, it is disrespectful. It's a burglary in a holy place.
“ The church was properly closed ,” assures the priest. "
A mass was held this on November 16 at the end of the day, “ a time of prayer and reparation ” at the request of the archbishop. Father Geoffroy de la Tousche also invited believers to “ pray for the parish ”.
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