Incidents

In January of 2026, charges were laid for the individuals involved in two incidents at St. Clare Catholic Church and an incident at St. Elizabeth Seton Catholic Elementary/Junior High School during October of 2025.

Previous tenant, Eric Turgeon, utters death threats to volunteers emptying out basement apartment of Saint-Pierre Church in Quebec

On November 2, 2025, a man, Kevin Wintonyk, stole an urn containing the remains of a child, from Resurrection Catholic Cemetery in Ancaster, Ontario.

A man was arrested after stealing a monumental candle from St. Michael's Roman Catholic Church in Waterloo

On March 11, 2025, two individuals stole air conditioning units from St. Kevin's Catholic Church facility house, resulting in $20,000 worth of damages.

Thrill Seekers come to St. Joseph Oratory despite being warned after vandalism incident

Following the Alexander First Nation Church fire in Morinville, Alberta, 2 youths have been arrested

At the Basilica of Our Lady Immaculate a man was arrested after breaking a large stained glass window

Crown drops arson charge against Vautour in St. Timothee Church burning in New Brunswick

The Blessed Sacrament Parish in Regina, Saskatchewan has been severely damaged by an arson. The man in question was arrested and charged.

Man charged after the 2021 St. Francis Xavier Church Fire in Attawapiskat

Woman found guilty of embezzlement at the Sainte-Angele-de-Monnoir Church in Quebec.

Saint-Roch Church was graffitied in Quebec City on April 3, 2023

Queen of the Rosary Church in Chibougamau was vandalized and the man responsible was arrested in March of 2023

Man arrested after incident at the Corpus Christi Church in July.

On November 17, 2022 Mark Nadeau had perpetrated a crime of damaging the cemetery grounds and scrapping the evidence of his crime at various scrap yards where later on he was arrested by police force in London, Ontario.

On April 20, 2022, the rectory of St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Church had been set on fire. The current priest and his family were at the location when the arson occurred, and one of the priest's daughter's sustained serious injuries while the rest of the family remained unharmed. The former priest of the church was charged and arrested with arson.

Emily Luba has been given a conditional discharge after vandalizing St. Jude Catholic Church in British Columbia on July 1, 2021.

Historic St. Timothee Church in Shemogue, New Brunswick was completely burned down in an arson attack on December 10, 2021

Many cemeteries in the areas of Belleville to Quinte West, including St. James Catholic Cemetery in Belleville have been affected by a rash of vandalisms resulting in the arrest of a woman referred to as, "Wild".

On August 8, 2021, Our Lady of the Highway Church in Serpent River First Nation was broken into in Ontario

In Kehewin Cree Nation, Alberta, Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church has been completely burned down. The perpetrator has been arrested and charged.

The vandal, Sebastian Rodriguez-Huerta, will service his sentence of 3 months on house arrest and a 9 month period of probation for vandalizing 4 churches. 

St. Peter Catholic Church windows broken multiple times Toronto, Ontario on March 12, 2021.

Church of St. Leo the Great suffered extensive theft in Buffalo Narrows, Saskatchewan.

Santa Maria Goretti Church scandal culprit charged in Edmonton, Alberta on January 4, 2021.

Vandals knock over numerous headstones at Notre Dame Cemetery in Ottawa, Ontario on July 6, 2020.

Defraud charges have been dropped by the courts at two churches in Kapuskasing and Cochrane in Ontario, on April 13, 2020. 

A volunteer embezzled money from Saint-Angele-de-Monnoir church in Quebec in 2019.

On June 19, 2019 an arsonist hits Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario resulting in one fatality and following charges. 

On May 27, 2019 a man broke into Denzil Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Saskatchewan.

Mitchell Ivan Scott Grandy broke into multiple places and stole money and a car in New Brunswick in 2019.

On March 22, 2019 a Catholic priest was attacked by an assailant at St. Joseph's Oratory in Montreal, Quebec.

Man who committed multiple church arsons in 2019 will go to trial in 2020 in Kamloops, British Columbia.

On November 27, 2018 St. Paul's Catholic Church in Bas-Caraquet in New Brunswick suffered a complete arson.

Complete arson of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Ebb and Flow First Nation, Manitoba on August 11, 2018.

Man arrested after priest finds juice box from theft at St. Pius X Catholic Church in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador on April 25, 2018.

St. Francis of Assisi Cemetery cross damaged by arson in which the perpetrator was charged in Ontario on April 10, 2018.

On November 19, 2017, two teens broke into and caused damages to the Church of Christ in St. George, New Brunswick.

In Ottawa, Ontario, at St. Patrick's Basilica a woman vandalized the Church's crucifix on May 1, 2017.

The St. John the Evangelist arsonist has now been identified. 43 year-old Marc Porlier has been charged with arson and mischief.

A deputy judge pled guilty to stealing money from St. Patrick's Church for 8 years since 2003.

Allegations of defraud now include 3 men who previously were on the St. Patrick's Fallowfield Cemetery Committe in Ottawa.