In Saint-Dié, the parish priest of the cathedral in the face of vandalism

Broken candles, torn altar cloths, burnt prayer book, unsealed trunks and various stains ... Since this summer, Notre-Dame Cathedral in Saint-Dié-des-Vosges has been the target of acts of vandalism repeated. But "for the past fortnight, incivility has been almost daily", is moved by the cathedral priest, Father Arnaud Meyer, who has "no news of the investigation" since he filed a complaint on February 3.

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This Wednesday again, candles were thrown to the ground, in the afternoon, while the altar cloth was moved. "But other times, we discovered excrement, urine against the pillars, displaced furniture, a statue of the Virgin turned over, or all the candles lit ," sighs the priest. We have suffered theft of trunks on several occasions. Intrusions were also noted in the Notre-Dame-de-Galilée church, adjoining the cathedral cloister. I don't know who it can be: surely people

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