‘It’s very disrespectful and it hurts,’ reverend says after church looted
PARKSVILLE — A “disheartening” sight greeted a local reverend when he was called to his church on Monday after reports of a break-in.
Oceanside RCMP said the St. Mary’s Ukrainian Orthodox Church was ransacked either late July 9 or early July 10 and the looter got into the church through a side window.
Nothing significant was stolen, but the church’s reverend Chad Pawlyshyn said it was disheartening to see the damage inside.
“It’s very disrespectful and it hurts,” he told NanaimoNewsNOW. “We see incidents like this all over our world and locally at times. It sadly shows where our society is falling apart. We have these misguided and sick individuals who need help but they’re unable to achieve the help they need.”