Statue in front of Downtown Jersey
City Catholic church is vandalized
Posted By: Ribicon, 7/3/2021 11:43:48 AM
A statue of the Virgin Mary holding baby Jesus outside a Downtown Jersey City Catholic church was vandalized and stolen Thursday night. Church officials said surveillance cameras recorded the vandalism and the Jersey City police have already been notified. “The gentleman was seen grabbing a brick and then throwing it at the statue,” said Nicholas Grillo, the church’s music director. “He broke it, then packed all the damage up and took it away.”(Snip) Just two weeks ago, a larger Virgin Mary statue, located on the opposite side of the building, was broken when someone tried to rip the statue off its pedestal.
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