They report the disappearance of a 10-meter, 250-kilogram cross in Spain

Civil organizations in defense of religious freedom have launched actions following the recent disappearance of a 10-meter, 250-kilogram cross that crowned the top of a mountain on the border between the provinces of Guipúzcoa and Vizcaya (Spain).

The cross had been installed at the top of Mount Udalatx, 1,120 meters high, in 1971 and was dismantled in the early hours of October 12, according to the local newspaper. News from Guipuzcoa.

The cross has been removed from its base and, in its place, the authors have left a saw and a text written in the local language, Basque, which translated into Spanish, says: “It could have been a stone, a pillar, a landmark or memorial. It could have been wood, logs, flowers or plants. It could have been an eagle, a goat, a crow or a vulture. It could have been an axe, an ice pick, a scythe, or a sickle, but no. It is the Holy Cross.”

Mondragón Town Hall (Arrasate, in Basque) assures that “the investigation is not giving certain results, since the area in which the cross was located has appeared clean and there are no signs of it. In addition, the location and the fact that it was done at night has led to the absence of eyewitness testimonies.”

Given that the environment where the cross was installed was declared a natural space in 2016, the council does not foresee the installation of a new cross, which was installed in memory of some deceased mountaineers.

The Observatory for Religious Freedom and Conscience (OLRC) has launched a campaign to demand that the Basque regional police, the Ertzaintza, investigate to find out who is responsible for the removal of the monument erected more than half a century ago.

“They have gone after it, because it has been sawed off and they have left a message against this cross,” they detail from the OLRC, which, as an advisory organization to the Commission of the National Plan against Hate Crimes, is going to transfer this proposal to the director of the Ertzaintza, Victoria Landa.

For the OLRC, this is “a hate crime against Christians. And it must be registered and investigated as such.”

For its part, the Spanish Foundation of Christian Lawyers has filed a complaint with the Vergara Court in which it requests to identify those responsible whom it accuses of a possible crime against historical heritage with the aggravating circumstance of discrimination for religious reasons.

The president of Christian Lawyers, Poland Castellanos, emphasizes that “these attacks on religious symbols driven by hatred of Christians cannot go unpunished” and denounces that “this is just one more example of the atmosphere of Christianophobia that is being generated in Spain.” , in line with the ideology that the government and its radical left partners are trying to impose.”