Whitey Ford
10-28-2020, 03:50 PM
St. Martin of Tours Church in Louisville vandalized after break-in
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A man broke into the historic St. Martin of Tours Church on Sunday evening and vandalized the main altar before he was subdued, according to the parish
Romaric Koumgang, 35, was arrested in the incident, according to Officer Beth Ruoff of Louisville Metro Police.
The Rev. Paul Beach, pastor of the 167-year-old Roman Catholic church, said police and the building's on-duty security guard responded promptly to the break-in. No one was hurt.
The church, 639 S. Shelby St., is one of the oldest in the Archdiocese of Louisville and has two saints enshrined there, Sts. Bonosa and Magnus. They were both put to death in the third century A.D. amid the Roman persecution of Christians, according to the church's website.
https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/2020/10/27/man-broke-into-louisville-catholic-church-vandalized-altar/3749162001/
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A man broke into the historic St. Martin of Tours Church on Sunday evening and vandalized the main altar before he was subdued, according to the parish
Romaric Koumgang, 35, was arrested in the incident, according to Officer Beth Ruoff of Louisville Metro Police.
The Rev. Paul Beach, pastor of the 167-year-old Roman Catholic church, said police and the building's on-duty security guard responded promptly to the break-in. No one was hurt.
The church, 639 S. Shelby St., is one of the oldest in the Archdiocese of Louisville and has two saints enshrined there, Sts. Bonosa and Magnus. They were both put to death in the third century A.D. amid the Roman persecution of Christians, according to the church's website.
https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/2020/10/27/man-broke-into-louisville-catholic-church-vandalized-altar/3749162001/