2nd French basilica defaced by graffiti

March 21, 2014

Vandals defaced the walls of the Basilica of St. Sernin in Toulouse with graffiti, according to a local newspaper report.

The incident took place on March 17, two days before similar vandalism at Sacré-Cœur Basilica in Paris.

Among the graffiti at the Basilica of St. Sernin, which was consecrated in 1180, was a vulgar anti-Catholic statement written in English.

 

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Further information:

• Tags anticléricaux à Saint-Sernin (20 Minutes, p. 3)
• Encore des graffitis sur une église (Le Salon Beige)
• Vandalism at famed French basilica (CWN, 3/20)