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Catholic Churches in Scotland Vandalized
Church Militant ^ | 4/30/19 | Bruce Walker

Posted on 05/05/2019 5:13:48 PM PDT by marshmallow

Northern United Kingdom latest to experience attacks

Scotland is the latest nation reporting vandalism against buildings and statuary in its Catholic parishes. Saint Simon's Catholic Church and cemetery in Glasgow and Holy Family Church in Mossend, North Lanarkshire were both attacked over the course of this week.

The Glasgow-based Daily Record newspaper reported April 25 that vandals had defaced the bus stop in front of Holy Family with a slur against the Pope. The graffiti was discovered one month after numerous windows had been broken in the parish's primary school on March 25.

Glasgow Police tweeted "significant vandalism" was committed against St. Simon's on April 29. "There is nothing to suggest the incident is sectarian or hate crime. Inquiries are ongoing," the police claimed.

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TOPICS: Catholic; Current Events; Religion & Culture
KEYWORDS: antipope; brexit; europeanunion; homosexualagenda; nato; nicolasturgeon; popefrancis; romancatholicism; scotland; scotlandyet; snp; unitedkingdom

1 posted on 05/05/2019 5:13:48 PM PDT by marshmallow
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To: marshmallow

Rangers supporters?


2 posted on 05/05/2019 5:14:40 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: marshmallow

Now who is in their country that would soomething like that.

You know, who comes from places where they do the very same thing to the few churches left.


3 posted on 05/05/2019 5:22:00 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: marshmallow

Jacobites or would it be Anti-Jacobites had something to do with this I’m sure. (Could never figure who is who and what the problem was/is.)


4 posted on 05/05/2019 6:03:08 PM PDT by TaMoDee (The Pack will be back in 2019! Go Pack!!)
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To: Secret Agent Man

For once, I don’t think it is the Muslims. There is a lot of sectarianism in Scotland still, with protestant vs Catholic emnity still a significant factor, particularly in the Glasgow area.


5 posted on 05/30/2019 3:27:47 AM PDT by sinsofsolarempirefan
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To: marshmallow

Sad. I see nothing has changed in 500 years. Vandalism isn’t the answer.


6 posted on 05/30/2019 3:34:08 AM PDT by marajade (Skywalker)
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