Arson and Vandalism at St Wendelin’s Parish, Mariannhill

by Admin · July 19, 2022

Photos courtesy of St Wendelin’s parish

A fire, apparently the result of arson, damaged the Marian grotto at St Wendelin’s parish in the diocese of Mariannhill, outside Durban, on Monday afternoon.

The attacker also smashed a statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

The raging fire threatened to burn down the parish house and adjacent primary school. Firefighters from Pinetown South Fire Station extinguished the fire. A suspected arsonist was apprehended and identified as a local person with psychiatric problems.