A Catholic Church in Michigan is asking for help from the community to find those responsible for destroying a statue of the Virgin Mary. Police have made no arrests.
The damage was discovered Sunday outside the Knights of Columbus Hall at the Grand Unity Event Center.
Leaders of St. Francis Xavier Church posted a plea for help on Facebook, calling the vandalism “heartbreaking and deeply disturbing.”
“It’s an unfortunate situation, you know, nobody prays for that,” said Father Peter Eke of St. Francis Church. “Yesterday I told the parishioner at the 10 o’clock Mass, this is what happened. So our work is to pray for the person who did this.
A member of the Knights of Columbus Council said this organization is accepting donations “to help refurbish the shrine.”