The parents of Lola, a 12-year-old girl found dead last Friday in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, call for “respect” and “dignity” before the funeral of the girl which will be held this Monday, October 24 at the collegiate church of Lillers , in Pas-de-Calais.
A call for “respect” and “dignity”. This is what Lola’s parents asked for, this Thursday, October 20, before the funeral of the 12-year-old girl found dead last Friday in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, which will be held this Monday, October 24 at the Collegiate Church of Lillers , in the Pas-de-Calais.
“In the dread and pain in which we are, we long for peace and contemplation to mourn. For the memory of Lola, we hope that the various ceremonies will take place in a spirit of serenity and calm, far from political and media agitation,” the parents wrote in a press release on Thursday.
“We understand the desire for information to understand the incomprehensible, but it must be done with dignity and respect,” they added, asking “everyone to keep the necessary distance.”
“The support of an entire population is a precious help in overcoming this painful ordeal. But we hope that those who will come to bring their support” do so “without official scarves or any particular sign of belonging to a political body”, they continue.
A silent tribute this Friday
The funeral of the 12-year-old schoolgirl is scheduled for Monday at 2:30 p.m. in Lille, the city of origin of her mother. They are “open to all those who wish to pay him a last tribute”, specify his parents, but “the burial in the cemetery will be done in the strictest intimacy”.
The ceremony will be celebrated by the bishop of Arras, Olivier Leborgne, at the collegiate church of Saint-Omer, the communication from the diocese said on Thursday. Archbishop Leborgne wishes to “show the concern of the Catholics of Pas-de-Calais and beyond, by celebrating the funeral of little Lola”, after this drama which aroused great emotion in France.
On Friday, a rally to “pay tribute to Lola” and “support her family and loved ones” is planned in Fouquereuil, a commune in Béthunois where the girl’s father is from. “As of now, Lola’s parents have decided to leave Paris to return to live in Fouquereuil. Before their final return, it is an opportunity to come and show them all our compassion in these moments of great sorrow”, writes on the website of this municipality of 1,600 inhabitants the mayor Gérard Ogiez.
As a reminder, the teenager was killed in atrocious conditions and found in a trunk last Friday. The main suspect, a 24-year-old woman, was under an obligation to leave French territory (OQTF).