St Alban’s Anglican Cathedral fell victim to criminal attack last Monday night, the third burglary attempt in a month, with several windows broken.

The attack is the sixth church break-in recently, with the Uniting and Baptist churches also suffering at the hands of petty thugs.

With so many incidents, police inspector Tony Reneker said the police are taking the crimes very seriously.

“We are increasing our patrolling of churches in the area,” he said.

“We are still investigating all the matters and we’re hopeful we will be able to identify a person of interest.

“Our police have been told to look out at all the churches.”

Fingerprint analyses have been taken at the churches after the break-ins, but police are yet to reveal whether they have found a match.

For Anglican minister Rob Harris, the break-ins have forced the church to

consider doing more to secure the cathedral buildings.

“We’re going to have to put screens on the hall windows, but it’s another expense we can’t afford,” he said.

“Getting all these windows replaced really adds up.”

Two stained glass windows broken at St Alban’s cathedral last year are still yet to be replaced, with the bill for the windows expected to be upwards of $6000.

Last Monday the criminals smashed windows in the church hall, as well as trying to force open windows to get into the vestry.

Police believe the burglars were looking for cash or items that could be sold

quickly.