Police are investigating after the head and hands were removed from a Virgin Mary statue outside a Billerica Church just outside of Boston, MA.
A maintenance worker said the statue had been defaced sometime late Tuesday night or early Wednesday morning.
This isn’t the first religious attack this week. Officers are investigating a relation between similar crimes happening in the Boston area.
Three statues were vandalized at a Catholic church in Burlington, one being a Virgin Mary statue with the head and hands knocked off.
Father Frank Silva from St. Margaret’s Church said, “The initial feeling was things have been violated in many ways, certainly from a religious and spiritual perspective.”
“We are actively investigating this disturbing crime and will continue to do so until we find those responsible” Police Chief Daniel Rosa said in a statement.
A disgrace. The Massachusetts Attorney General, Maura Healy hasn’t stepped up to call this a hate crime. She did call it a hate crime and sent in the state police when a suburban mosque had graffiti sprayed on it last year.
Holy virtue is perfectly depicted by the one whom the angel professed before the entire world, “Hail full of grace,” a supremely holy description by the very lips of an angel, messenger of God Himself, announcing the Virgin birth promised by His Majesty. Who, pray tell, can deface such a blessing? Especially not the self-proclaimed, profound ignorance of the love of God and His Mother
Politicians fish for votes among the faithful like scavengers in search of hefty salaries, perks, etc., from taxpayer purse during election time while otherwise staunchly adhering to a freedom FROM religion.
There is to much crap intering in to this country
Bingo……..who’s going to stop it? TRUMP ~~~~~~~~
Trump is the only one that calls it like it is………….
Yes he is TRUMP 2016
Now they are beheading the Virgin Mary. These people need rounded up and sent back to their country at their countries cost. Not the USA.
that is why we need TRUMP.
I say send them ALL back, lock the door & throw away the key ~~~~~
I agree
I agree get them out of our country. and do not let them back in
I am filled with disgust and expect nothing will come of this from the state that re-elected Barney Frank how many times……
The same old same old establishment freeloaders bullchit…….why do you think people with brains want Trump…..anti-establishment…….
Put her in Gitmo and waterboard her sorry ass until she confesses the names of her superiors that told her to do it.
Then fire her and deport her and all supporting parties to the burning sands of Islam she so dearly protects. jwstx
BINGO………I agree
Pure EVIL did this!!
Get you guns ready. Just a feeling
But i think we have a bloody battle
Coming. Go trump. Trumpem all.
I cannot believe how destructive and evil some people are. To do this to the Virgin Mary ….. I have no words, just sadness!
Why not wait until progress is made in the investigation before jumping to conclusions, eh?
Most of the time, things like this are done by teenagers, often teens experimenting with devil worship and etc., daring each other to do this or that…even possibly disaffected Catholic teens, maybe p.o.’ed because of personally-experienced molestation, or a self-righteous feeling that Catholic symbols should be defaced to “punish” them for these and similar sex-related crimes or even abuses by nuns in Catholic schools, who knows?
If evidence comes to light that Muslims did this, THEN threaten, bluster, and be as intolerant as you wish toward them.
Wouldn’t surprise me in the slightest to eventually learn that quite a number of nuns are in hell right now, having their knuckles repeatedly smashed with rulers.
To constitutionist: you seem to mininalize the seriousness of this disgrace. Look back into history and who else but muslems destroy statutes by cutting off the heads and arms, hands?
Richard-
To constitutionist: you seem to mininalize the seriousness of this disgrace.
Depending on the cost of the statue, the vandalism may only be a misdemeanor. It is impossible to discern intent from the facts provided in this article.
Look back into history and who else but muslems destroy statutes by cutting off the heads and arms, hands?
Well, the earliest example i KNOW of is during the fall of the Roman Empire, when all kinds of “barbarians” from EUROPE did similarly; you’ve heard of the Venus de Milo? Couple of hundred years before Muhammed was even BORN. What about the French who shot off the nose of the Spinx with cannon? Leaping to conclusions w/o evidence is just stupid.
OTOH, i HAVE heard of teenagers who vandalize just about ANYthing, and it doesn’t matter what religion – which is why i counseled patience until the investigations were complete before getting knickers in a twist about Muslims that may not even be remotely connected to this crime.
But the rulers were effective, you heard the Rosary beads jingling and everyone sat at attention. I got smacked down to the floor and it hurt! The kids today need a little of that discipline!!!
Marian-
Seriously?
The King of kings, He who embodied the Love of God and Man in the flesh, you seriously think He’d approve of torturing children? Really?
Elect Trump and stop the Trojan horse from unloading the barbarians. They are laughing at us.
Agree 100%
A story out of Dearborn, MI…Muslims attacked and stone 8 Christians – the sheriff of Dearborn covered it up. Someone taped the incident on their cell phone and gave it to the next towns police department where they went and arrested the men who committed the crime. As we sleep under political correctness…they slowly will conquer…Just saying.
Oh by the way – GO TRUMP
The press is too busy spouting propaganda to report on what matters. Trump 2016!!
I agree with a lot of these comments posted here.
This is the post-Christian era. Christians should be paying attention and we now see lots of government anti-Christian laws in the west. The persecution that Christians experienced at the beginning is already here in the middle east and coming here soon. Get your faith in order, or you may be one of the ones who “falls away” and be aware of what your church teaches too. The Bible is the truth and any Christian whose church is teaching anything else, will want to be aware, so they don’t get caught up in one of the churches that make Christ want to vomit.
Welcome to how things are going in America. How much will we tolerate? Is the question from our enemies. How far can they go before we defend ourselves. That is what Obama, Hitlery, the GOP, Cruz, the Muslims, Black Lives Matter, Soros, and other Anti-Christian, Anti-American Terrorists are asking. They have taken advantage of our freedoms and are trying to use our good will against us. They have stolen money, stolen our opportunities but they will never ever be as good as us. They can’t because honesty, integrity, character cannot be mimicked. And it is behavior that brings curses or blessings. God will only tolerate until He has had enough. It doesn’t matter if these people believe in God or not, He will deal with the evil in this world. And God help you if you are on the wrong side.