Thursday, January 22, 2015

Mormon church vandalized in Southern California

LAKE ELSINORE, Calif. (AP) — Vandals have struck a Mormon church in inland Southern California.

Someone shattered exterior glass doors and pried open interior doors at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Lake Elsinore.

Read more at http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2015/jan/19/mormon-church-vandalized-in-southern-california/

Tuesday, January 20, 2015

Vandals target cars, church in Harrisburg

HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) – A church door was smashed and at least four cars were spray painted during a vandalism spree in Harrisburg overnight.

The vandal or vandals threw a brick through the glass door of the Grace United Methodist Church at 216 State Street, and four cars were tagged with white paint on Green Street between Briggs and Forster.

Spray paint was also found on homes along Briggs Street in a nearby alley.

Read more at http://abc27.com/2015/01/19/vandals-target-cars-church-in-harrisburg/

Friday, January 16, 2015

Vandals strike Jackson church, neighborhood

Someone apparently went on a graffiti spree Thursday night in Jackson.

Vandals hit Old Canton Road near Northside Drive, tagging the Bellwether Church along with a home and concrete wall outside a nearby neighborhood.

"You are the God" was written on the church and across the street, "Fear: The new currency" and "But I'm livin" were written on the wall. "Do you feel safe?" was spray painted on Regina Boyles' house.

Read more at http://www.wapt.com/news/central-mississippi/jackson/vandals-strike-jackson-church-neighborhood/30760970

Tuesday, December 30, 2014

Honea Path Church Vandalized, Windows Broken

HONEA PATH, S.C. - A Honea Path church was vandalized with spray paint and windows broken sometime before Sunday morning says Laurens County Sheriff's Office

Lt. Judy Stiles with the LCSO said they received a call about a vandalism of the Princeton Baptist Church on W. Main St Sunday morning. When deputies arrived on scene, they noticed basement windows had been busted out, words and symbols were spray painted on the front of the church and the baby Jesus statue had been taken from the manger scene.

Stiles said that the word "Emmanuel" was spray painted with black spray paint on the front doors along with symbols on the front pillars of the church.

Investigators are looking into the meaning of the symbols.

Read more at http://raycomgroup.worldnow.com/story/27718175/honea-path-church-vandalized-windows-broken

Friday, December 26, 2014

Stolen baby Jesus replaced with pig's head in Haverhill

HAVERHILL, Mass. (WHDH) - Police in Haverhill are on the lookout for a vandal who stole baby Jesus from a manger and replaced him with a real pig's head.

Police said the vandals struck the nativity scene in front of Sacred Hearts Church in the early morning hours of Christmas Day.

Read more at http://www.whdh.com/story/27708237/stolen-baby-jesus-replaced-with-pigs-head-in-haverhill

Wednesday, December 17, 2014

Delaware Faith Leaders Say Vandals Targeted Churches with Animal Excrement

Religious leaders in Wilmington say someone is targeting their houses of worship with vandalism involving fecal matter.

Audio: "It's happening sometimes 4-5 times a week."

Father Joe Brennan at Christ Our King Church says someone is placing what's believed to be dog feces on the entrance of the church in the Ninth Ward.

Read more at http://www.delaware1059.com/story.php?id=13684

Monday, December 15, 2014

Vandal yells 'Long live Satan', after egging, decapitating Nativity statues at Catholic Church in Illinois

BERWYN – Three statues were reported vandalized Dec. 7 , two of them beheaded, in a courtyard of the St. Odilo Church convent, 6617 West 23rd Street.

A nun from the convent reported hearing a disturbance in the courtyard at about 6:30 p.m. She and another nun went out to investigate and found three statures knocked to the ground, one of them with the head missing.

A volunteer who was helping prepare for the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe said a male teenager also threw an egg into the church hallway and yelled “Long live Satan” and fled.

Eggs were also thrown at a nativity scene in front of the church.

Source: http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2014/12/15/vandal-yells-long-live-satan-after-egging-decapitating-nativity-statues-at-st-odilo-in-berwyn/a4ddl6q/