Catholic Churches in the United States have experienced an unprecedented number of acts of vandalism, theft, harassment, and violence of late. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops documented some 139 instances of such crimes between May 2020 and May 2022.
Ever since the Supreme Court’s draft opinion on Roe v. Wade was leaked, however, the crisis has reached new heights, with at least 48 attacks on churches and pro-life organizations in the last 45 days.