According to the Diocese of East Anglia, a man walked into St Mary’s Catholic Church on 27thMarch, lit a couple of small fires and attempted to burn a sacred icon taken off the church’s altar.
There was also a picture of a satanic figure left in the icon’s place on the holy altar.
The attack has been condemned by Parish Priest Fr Anthony Nwankwo, who pledged that the incident would not stop the Diocese leaving its churches across the region open as places of prayer and sanctuary.
Fr Anthony said: “I was shocked and saddened when I discovered what had happened. When I looked at the altar I saw this picture of something satanic. My immediate thought was to get some holy water and use it with prayer to nullify what the person had done.
“It is a clear attack on the church and our religion which is not acceptable. If people do not like what we do here they can just stay away. Such an attack on our church can never succeed.
“Our parishioners are shocked and sad about what has happened but I was very encouraged by the number of people who came to Mass this morning in support.”
Fr Anthony and Brian Lafferty with the damaged icon in front of the desecrated altar
He said a similar incident happened four months ago when someone left a satanic picture at the foot of a at the back of the church. He also…
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