Statue Father De Deken in Wilrijk defaced with red paint: “Perpetrators get the bill of the repair”

The statue has been controversial for a while and has been vandalized before. Constant Pierre-Joseph De Deken was a missionary and explorer who mainly stayed in China and Tibet, but also in Congo. “He is best known for his work in Tibet and was only 2 years in Congo. Some people will claim that a Congolese man is being abused, other people say he is being baptized. Everyone will give it their own interpretation. It must be seen in its context “, says Bossuyt in Start Je Dag on Radio 2 Antwerp.

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