Black paint thrown on Mary statue and side altar at St. Patrokli

Between noon and 5 p.m. on August 10, 2026, unknown persons threw black paint on a Mary statue, a side altar, the altar cloth, wall, and floor in Soest’s St. Patrokli Cathedral. Police estimated more than €15,000 in damage and asked for witnesses. A similar attack on a cross altar about five weeks earlier is noted by local reporting; this filing is the August 10 incident.