‘Parishioners are Devastated’: Police Charge Taxi Driver With ‘Hate Crime’ After 42-Year-Old Landmark ‘Jesus Child’ Statue Beheaded at New York City Catholic Church
Guest Post by Miriam Judith.
In late June, surveillance footage captured a man exiting his taxi outside the Holy Family Catholic Church in Fresh Meadows, New York, and proceeding to violently decapitate a statue of Jesus as a child.
The crazed man was first recorded hitting statues of Joseph and Mary with a shoe before he began battering the Christ figure until the head broke off.
According to the Church’s Facebook page, the representation of Christ’s family was a landmark of the Holy Family Catholic community for the past 42 years. They were “devastated” by the completely unnecessary attack and are asking for anyone with information to contact the NYPD’s 107th precinct with information on the perpetrator.
