The Real Plunder Of Europe’s Crown Jewels Was An Inside Job, And It Wasn’t At The Louvre

The Federalist ^ | October 21, 2025 | Elle Purnell

[E. Pluribus Unum]

One of Europe’s crown jewels, a centuries-old relic of irreplaceable artistic and historical import, has fallen into the hands of vandals intent on abusing it for their own selfish gain.

I’m not talking about the heist at the Louvre over the weekend, in which thieves broke into the most famous art museum in the world and stole nine items from a collection of priceless treasures that once belonged to French royals of no less significance than Napoleon Bonaparte.

I’m talking about the plunder of Canterbury Cathedral, in which a church founded by St. Augustine of Canterbury and famed as the site of Thomas Becket’s martyrdom was defaced with irreverent graffiti accusing God of being “indifferent to suffering” and “creat[ing] hate.” Unlike the Louvre heist, it wasn’t done by bandits with angle-grinders. It was done by a man who describes himself as an “agender goblin-thing,” with the enthusiastic blessing of the cathedral’s curator, Jacqueline Creswell, and its dean, David Monteith, because it catered to “marginalized communities.”

The graffiti, which officially debuted on Friday, is only the most recent example of Europe’s self-loathing elites plundering the cultural bounty they’ve inherited. Over the summer, after patriotic Britons began flying the St. George’s Cross and the Union Jack to celebrate their national heritage, local officials tore the flags down and maligned them as divisive and racist.

[Lizavetta]

This is a perfect example of why England will disappear.

This act gets articles and conversation and nothing will happen to that graffiti. Try doing that in a mosque and watch the reaction.

Muslims know the Brits are afraid of them and the Brits know they are afraid of Muslims.

[packrat35]

Rome died from within which made it weak so its outside enemies could finish the job.

So goes Britain and the US if we don’t change.

[mass55th]

"I’m talking about the plunder of Canterbury Cathedral, in which a church founded by St. Augustine of Canterbury and famed as the site of Thomas Becket’s martyrdom was defaced with irreverent graffiti accusing God of being 'indifferent to suffering' and creat[ing] hate.'”

I made a similar comment on a different thread about the graffiti. Canterbury Cathedral is hallowed ground. It's hypocrisy to put this crap up. Thomas Becket is rolling over in his grave, wherever it is. His body was moved many times over the ages, that nobody knows what's left of it, or where it actually is. Such a shame.

[Jeff Chandler]

(Don't give the Vatican any ideas!)

[Hot Tabasco]

The MSM has totally forgotten the Picasso painting that went missing last week.......