Teens Face Charges In Virgin Mary Statue Beheading

hePittsburghChannel ^ | November 28, 2006

[presidio9]

BEAVER COUNTY, Pa. -- New Brighton police are charging teenagers with vandalism at a Beaver County church after authorities said the teens took a pipe and hit the head off the Virgin Mary statue at the Holy Family Church on Thanksgiving.

Police said the teens admitted they were planning on burning the statue with gasoline but were scared off when neighbors saw them.

All are facing numerous charges.

[Leftism is Mentally Deranged]

Teens, eh? Vandals who are joined mentally to the thugs who burn cars in the Paris suburbs?

[carrier-aviator]

Where are the HATE CRIME enthusiasts? If this had been a Muslim object it would be front page news in the NY Times.

[presidio9]

Find them (which shouldn’t bee too hard)

According to the story, they already did.

[SoothingDave]

Again, returning to the scene in order to try and torch the remains of the statue you desecrated represents pretty serious animus.

I didn't read it that way (it's admittedly ambiguous). I read it as they were planning on setting it afire, but instead gave it a whack on the head and ran off.

And I'd bet anyone this is just dumb kids, not any great anti-Christian plot.