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Church desecrated in India

August 26, 2011

Vandals broke into a Syro-Malankara Catholic church in the southeastern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, setting fire to the altar, Bibles, and other sacred objects.

Members of Bajrang Dal, a militant Hindu youth organization, had attacked the parish’s priest in 2007.

 


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