Jovem profana altar em igreja católica de Braamfontein

Um jovem entrou na Igreja Católica da Santíssima Trindade em Braamfontein na quinta-feira, 14 de maio, e destruiu seu altar de mármore enquanto gritava insultos religiosos. O padre Russell Pollitt SJ descreveu o ataque como profundamente preocupante para uma congregação que há muito vê o local como um refúgio. A polícia processou a cena enquanto os fiéis chegavam para a missa do meio-dia.

O homem, que acredita-se ser um sul-africano com pouco mais de 20 ou quase 30 anos e cerca de 1,65 metros de altura, caminhou pela nave e saltou sobre o altar. Ele derrubou pesados arcanjos de mármore com força bruta antes de sair caminhando. As imagens do circuito interno de TV mostram-no vestindo calças jeans pretas, tênis, um moletom com a mensagem Only Jesus Can, um gorro laranja e fones de ouvido.

O padre Pollitt observou que o altar atacado abriga o sacrário onde a comunhão é reservada. Ele disse que o ataque deixou os fiéis perturbados e levantou questões sobre a segurança em uma igreja que serve a comunidade há 90 anos. O homem havia visitado a igreja dois dias antes para sentar-se brevemente na nave.

Pollitt criticou recentemente o Rabino-Chefe Warren Goldstein por comentários sobre o Papa Leão. Ele enfatizou que divergências não devem levar à destruição de propriedades. A polícia está investigando, mas nenhum motivo foi confirmado.

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