Church vandalized in Longford

me_right_one

I don't see any thread about this, so I'll start one. Anyway, some scumbags broke into a church, broke up a part of the alter, and stole the tabernacle. This could have been done any time, but they chose to do it Easter morning, THE most significant day of the year for this church.

http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/crime/bishop-says-breakin-and-theft-at-irish-church-is-extremely-upsetting-for-parishioners-and-the-clergy-35627109.html

I think this was less about the price of scrap metal, and more about blatant Catholic hatred. Hope they catch them soon.

Potkettle

No time here for religion but equally so for thieves and vandals. It's despicable but nothing of any consequence will be done anyway if they're caught.

eviltwin

Or maybe it's just a little kunt who knows the significance of the day and gets additional pleasure from the timing of the attack. A bit like the vandals who wait for a wall to be painted before destroying it with graffiti. Regardless of who did it od their reasoning it's a sh1tty thing to do.

dav3

I don't know why people say the tabernacle would have no value. This tin box converts bread into the body of jesus. That's some powerful stuff. Surely it's worth millions, if not billions?
If you tape enough of these boxes together, throw in a few loaves of bread, you could create some kind of superjesus. I don't think we can rule anything out at this stage.

Canis Lupus

dav3 wrote: »

I don't know why people say the tabernacle would have no value. This tin box converts bread into the body of jesus. That's some powerful stuff. Surely it's worth millions, if not billions?
If you tape enough of these boxes together, throw in a few loaves of bread, you could create some kind of superjesus. I don't think we can rule anything out at this stage.

I was thinking it was probably staged by the very vatican itself in order to illicit sympathy for the cc.

eviltwin

The tabernacle would contain the chalice and communion dish. They are worth a few bob.

gramar

Apparently they left a hole where the tabernacle stood.
The guards are looking into it.

me_right_one

eviltwin wrote: »

The tabernacle would contain the chalice and communion dish. They are worth a few bob.

And the door is usually gold plated, not wooden. Rob valuable metal, AND do it on a significant day. Double scumbaggery.

The_Valeyard

Very scumbag thing to do. Doubt it was an action against the Catholic Church but rather stealing of precious metals.


Also, you can see the happiness in some posters here that this has happened. It's like some sort of mini victory for them wrapped up in mocking.

Estrellita

If the place was just smashed up then it could add some credence to the theory that something untoward had happened... Maybe. But there were things stolen too apparently, so it's down to a disrespectful little scrote (or scrotes) I'd say.

Atoms for Peace

Probably Nazi's, they'll be sorry when they open it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0APF3SO9tqE

Turtyturd

Think somebody has been watching too much Criminal minds.

LordSutch

What's the tabernacle made of? wood, gold, MDF? and what exactly is inside it?

Cookie_Monster

They really should have done it Friday. It would have magically fixed itself by Sunday. Off scot free

Quazzie

me_right_one wrote: »

D) The members of the Catholic Church have done faaaar more good for this country and its people than anyone else.

This is clearly a matter of opinion.

Tokyo

LordSutch wrote: »

What's the tabernacle made of? wood, gold, MDF? and what exactly is inside it?

Canis Lupus

Allinall wrote: »

My house was broken in to a couple of years ago.

By your wierd logic I'm now a sexual abuser.

You live in a church?

LordSutch

Re post #28, that's the Ark of the covenant.

Allinall

Canis Lupus wrote: »

You live in a church?

No, but then neither do priests.

amcalester

Are we sure this isn't the second coming of Jesus?

That is his body in there after all. Apparently.

riffmongous

LordSutch wrote: »

What's the tabernacle made of? wood, gold, MDF? and what exactly is inside it?

Gold plated probably. Inside would be one or more chalices with the blessed hosts

stefanovich

Could be teenagers hopped up on satanic black metal.

BlinkingLights

Given the timing - Easter. It's very likely that it's someone whose done this for some kind of symbolic purpose.

I would think it needs to be handled with care.

It's likely they'll probably find the items or they'll be dumped somewhere.

I don't think there's much of a market for tabernacles, unless it's made out of copper...

Murrisk

Don't tabernacles often contain gold? Honestly didn't consider this anything other than a common-or-garden theft myself.

freshpopcorn

It was probally the Atheists!

Ken.

Mod-Ladies and gentlemen. Knock it the hell off about abuse in the church. This story is not the time or place.

I'm locking this thread for a little while to clean it up.

Ken.

Mod-Ok so out of a thread of 99 posts 64 posts have had to be deleted cause they are off topic.

Stick to discussing the theft and vandalism without dragging child abuse in to it.

Reopened and have a nice bank holiday Monday.

tupenny

I rem this happening in our church when I was a kid, a good 20 years ago. Chalice and whatever else in tabernacle stolen. It was just local teens. I'd imagine it's the same story here. "Bored" kids on easter hols.
Doesn't have to be an anti-church agenda!

snowflaker

No Longford forum?

nice_guy80

I'm not religious but that is terrible

It's a tiny church

Scumbags

BlinkingLights

You get people just attacking things for the sake of annoying people too.

I'm thinking of the people who destroy things like public automatic defibrillator stations, life saving equipment by rivers and beaches and smash up infrastructure equipment like telecommunications infrastructure, playgrounds or even small trees that have been planted.

Opinions in the church aside, it could simply be an act of vandalism for the sake of vandalism.