Showing posts with label Church Theft. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Church Theft. Show all posts
April 23, 2021

Stealing venerated relics: An ancient pastime that lives on today

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The Cistercian abbey of San Galgano The Carabinieri for the Protection of Cultural Heritage ( Comando Carabinieri Tutela Patrimonio Cultural...
September 28, 2020

Two Arrested for Robbery and Vandalism at Church of Sant’Agata al Collegio in Sicily

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Image Credit: Associazione Gesù Nazareno - Caltanissetta Article By: Lynette Turnblom For the second time in under two months the Chiesa di ...
June 4, 2020

Revisiting the UK's Dealing in Cultural Objects (Offences) Act of 2003

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The Torbryan rood screen This Friday ARCA reviews one of the few successful cases of prosecution using the UK's Dealing in Cultura...
April 3, 2020

Revisiting the clues of a theft: the case of the theft at the Pinacoteca Comunale di Faenza

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Sometimes it is good to go back and review old blog posts and provide updates as it is not always possible to track every case of theft ...
November 4, 2019

The cathedral of Oloron-Sainte-Marie was attacked in a smash and grab

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In the early morning of November 4th, robbers committed a smash and grab robbery at the Cathedral Sainte-Marie d'Oloron located in ...
October 22, 2019

Maltese Priest sentenced for the theft of sacred church art

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Fr. Deo Debono, the suspended priest from the Provincial Parish church of the Augustinians in Malta , has pled guilty during his arraig...
September 21, 2019

Suspended Maltese parish priest arrested for church-related art thefts

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St Augustine Church Image Credit: NICPMI archive A Maltese parish priest has been suspended from his duties pending the outcome of an ...
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March 2, 2018

Museum Theft: Pinacoteca Comunale di Faenza - Faenza, Italy

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Vestibule, Maestro of Faenza Sec. XIII Crucifixion and descent into limbo panel painting, 35x28 cm.  + frame 15 cm., N. inv. 98 Image C...
September 15, 2017

Recovery: Not all Ecclesiastical art that is stolen is lost forever

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In an exciting recovery operation, more than 100 stolen religious objects have been recovered in a law enforcement investigation code na...
February 16, 2017

Recovered: Here's lookin' at you kid. Stolen in Italy and found in Casablanca.

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Madonna with Saints John the Evangelist and Gregory Healer" (1639) oil on canvas 293x184.5 cm Stolen in Modena, Italy on Augu...
December 19, 2016

Who saves the culture of Mesopotamia and the Levant - Part I

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In the first of a series, ARCA will be highlighting some of the people on a mission to protect and/or seize back the cultural heritage of I...
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