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The vandalism with iron bars of the Saint-Denis basilica, in Seine-Saint-Denis, on January 5, is definitely far from being an isolated act. Valeurs Actuelles has discovered that two churches in Poitiers, in Vienne, located about two kilometers away, were vandalized a few days apart. The first vandalism was the subject of a brief article in the local press on January 5. This is the Saint-Porchaire church, yet located not far from the police station in a pedestrian area frequently monitored, as revealed by the site of the New Republic. According to a witness, two men deliberately threw a statue of the Sacred Heart of Jesus on the ground, which broke on the ground, during the weekend of January 1.
Father Genty, vicar general of Poitiers, does not wish to speak on the subject. A local police source told Valeurs Actuelles that one of the two men, aged around 30 and of “European type,” introduced himself to one of the parishioners present as an evangelist, then climbed on the altar to seize the statue and throw it to the ground, before fleeing with his accomplice. “This statue, about one meter high, was in the niche of a side chapel overlooking an altar framed by the statues of Saint Radegonde and Saint Thérèse,” the New Republic states.
The second vandalism was mentioned in a police report, but not in the local press
Coincidentally, it was precisely in the Sainte-Thérèse church, located in the Bel-Air district, less than two kilometers away, in Poitiers, that damage was committed on January 6, without the local press noting anything this time, although the abuses committed were spectacular, to say the least. A police report, dated Saturday, January 8…
