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| Statue Of Christ Desecrated At Belle HarborChurch |
| 2014-11-09 |
| [NEWYORK.CBSLOCAL] Police on Friday night were investigating the shocking desecration of the Statue of the Risen Christ at a church in the Rockaways. As CBS2âs Matt Kozar reported exclusively, the statue is a familiar sight next to the altar at St. Francis de Sales, at 129-16 Rockaway Beach Blvd. in Queens. âThe visual effect is what people need to see,â the Rev. Thomas Doyle said. But they have never seen the statue in the vandalized state it was in this week. âIt was a little heart-wrenching, going out to see, you know, the damage that was done,â Doyle said. The Statue of the Risen Christ is missing both hands, and had what appeared to be a stripe of paint running across its arms. Doyle took CBS2 to the prayer garden where the vandalism happened. It was part of the churchâs memorial to the victims of both the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks on the World Trade Center, and the American Airlines Flight 587 crash in Belle Harbor a couple of months later. |
| Posted by:Fred |