http://www.thewmurchannel.com/news/3352954/detail.html


I am so upset. This is my church. My cousin saw this on her 6am walk and thought it was a body. Why would someone do this? Keep in mind, this is a BIG statue and probably weighs several hundred pounds. They would have had to carry it a bit of a ways to get it up the rectory stairs. I really hope they catch whoever did this.

By Children03 on Friday, May 28, 2004 - 07:13 am:

That is awful! Some people are just so Evil and obviously immature!!!!!!!!!!1

By Bellajoe on Friday, May 28, 2004 - 07:30 am:

That us unbelievable! Some people are so sick! That's horrible!

By Bea on Friday, May 28, 2004 - 09:04 am:

That is so hateful and sad.

By Texannie on Friday, May 28, 2004 - 09:11 am:

That's awful!

By Emily7 on Friday, May 28, 2004 - 09:13 am:

It upsets me to know that somebody would do this to a religious symbol. I don't understand church burning & vandalism of church property, it is evil.

By Janet on Friday, May 28, 2004 - 11:37 am:

That must've been a nasty shock for the person who found it...what a shame.

By Vbw1978 on Friday, May 28, 2004 - 12:29 pm:

What a sicko ! I hope that they are caught.

By Melanie on Friday, June 4, 2004 - 07:48 pm:

I just wanted to do a quick update. I often read my hometown newspaper which covers the area where this took place. Anyway, three men have been arrested for this. They can't charge them with a hate crime because they can't prove that they were motivated on anti-Catholic or anti-Christian feelings. But their crime is classified as criminal mischief and is a Class A misdemeanor punishable by up to one year in the county jail and/or a fine of up to $2,000.

By Colette on Friday, June 4, 2004 - 08:52 pm:

Thanks for posting this Melanie. The priest wants us to forgive and not press criminal charges.

I hope they throw the book at them.

By Christylee on Friday, June 4, 2004 - 09:12 pm:

I think that charges SHOULD be filed, otherwise they've gotten away with a horrible crime. I'm glad they found out who did it.