Damage was committed in the Sainte-Madeleine church in Angers (Maine-et-Loire) and an investigation was opened, we learned on Wednesday from concordant sources.
"
The Sainte-Madeleine church was savagely vandalized this day
", denounced in a press release the mayor of Angers Jean-Marc Verchère (Modem), specifying that "
several statues were decapitated, crosses broken and the main altar center ransacked
”.
"Heinous act"
The mayor of Angers, who went to the site to ascertain the facts and announced the filing of a complaint, "
condemns in the strongest terms this heinous act which affected an important religious and heritage building in our city
" .
Jean-Marc Verchère added to support "
the parishioners and the Catholic community very affected by these degradations which occur the day after the Easter celebrations
".
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Reached by AFP, the public prosecutor of Angers Éric Bouillard indicated that these degradations, "
very probably
" committed on Wednesday, led to the opening of an investigation.
This was entrusted to the departmental directorate of public security (DDSP) with a priority nature "
in view of the seriousness of the attack on culture and heritage
", according to the magistrate.
He specified that seven statues had been degraded (head or arms cut off), as well as vases and two damaged crosses.
