More than 50 thefts and vandalism in Catholic churches in Cuba since March 2023.

The Catholic Information Agency denounced that since March of last year, more than 50 robberies and acts of vandalism have been reported in churches in Cuba.

According to the report, at least 50 cases of theft and vandalism in 34 parishes and religious houses in Cuba have been reported since March 2023, most of them in Havana and without authorities doing anything to stop the phenomenon.

He claims that almost twenty of these crimes have been committed by a man who enjoys impunity because the police never arrive on time to catch him.

On June 22nd, the alleged thief was detained by several citizens who eventually had to let him go because the authorities did not arrive. The next day, the man tried to steal again in another chapel.

The report indicates that the thefts have focused on appliances, bed linens, and other household items and have spread throughout the country, especially in Camagüey, Mayabeque, and the capital of the island.

Since last year, reports of these thefts began to emerge, especially from Cuban priest Kenny Fernández, who has denounced the prevailing impunity in the country, where the police had not taken action to arrest those responsible for four robberies in churches in Mayabeque.

In a Facebook post, the father criticized the National Revolutionary Police back in January for not having provided any response regarding "the two robberies I suffered at the Parish House in Madruga, Mayabeque, between September and November of last year; and the other two robberies I suffered at the Church of Catalina de Güines" also in 2023.

He said that the country "has become more unsafe due to the impunity enjoyed by some criminals."

At the same time, he posted a video of a thief who was caught on camera stealing for the second time in the same house, and yet he remains free.