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Dec 15, 2022 · When churches are targeted for acts of destruction, arson, or threatening messages, it has the potential to be intimidating--and sometimes that's the intention. Within the past few years especially, outpourings of political anger have sometimes correlated with vandalism and other acts against churches.
Dec 15, 2022 · When churches are targeted for acts of destruction, arson, or threatening messages, it has the potential to be intimidating—and sometimes that's the intention. Within the past few years...
Feb 22, 2024 · Between January and November 2023, FRC reported that at least 315 occurrences of vandalism, 75 arson attacks or attempts, 10 gun-related incidents, 20 bomb threats and 37 other incidents took place at churches. According to the report, 17 of the incidents fell into more than one category, with vandalism and arson being the most common combination.
- Samantha Kamman
- Washington, 20011, District of Columbia
Mar 6, 2024 · According to the FRC report, from January 2018 to November 2023, there were 709 vandalisms, 135 arson attacks or attempts at arson, 22 incidents involving firearms, 32 bomb threats, and 61...
- Martin Barillas
Dec 17, 2022 · The new report by the Family Research Council, a Christian conservative activist organization based in Washington, analyzes publicly available data between January 2018 and September 2022 to document acts of hostility targeted at 397 individual churches across 45 U.S. states and Washington, D.C.
Dec 22, 2022 · In that time-frame, the organization has noted an overwhelming amount of attacks on churches, in the form of vandalism, arson, bomb threats, and more. It should be noted that the 420 recorded...
Summary. At least 327 incidents have occurred across 43 states and the District of Columbia since May 2020. Incidents include arson, statues beheaded, limbs cut, smashed, and painted, gravestones defaced with swastikas and anti-Catholic language and American flags next to them burned, and other destruction and vandalism.
