Last service at vandal-hit St Paul's Anglican Church

A 100-YEAR-OLD church targeted by vandals and lead thieves is set to hold its final service.

St Paul’s Church in Makins Road, Parkeston, will close to public worship on January 26.

The date will mark almost a hundred years of St Paul’s and the final service will celebrate this.

Vandalism and lead theft left the building in a poor state of repair, which the church committee could not afford to fix.

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Ex-con accused of setting fire to Catholic church

EL CAJON, Calif. - A preliminary hearing was scheduled Wednesday for an ex-con accused of setting a fire that caused more than $200,000 in damage to a Catholic church near Mount Helix.

Eugene William Volk, 45, is charged with arson and vandalism.

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Church Vandalized, Members have Message for Criminal

ELON, N.C. -- A local church community is hoping a spray paint vandal will come forward after the criminal vandalized Westside Fellowship church in Elon. It's a task members of Westside Fellowship weren't planning on performing Wednesday night.

"I've never even thought somebody would do something like this," said pressure washing owner Ricky Vaughn. "And why, is my question."

The cryptic message was spray painted on the side of their church in Alamance County. Staff drove up to find it there this morning. The message is difficult to decipher but you can clearly see the name of the church and the word "die."

Church members say they take part in a lot of outreach so it's hard to believe they would be targeted.

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Dozens of headstones vandalized at St. Mary's #Catholic Cemetery, Canton #NY

CANTON, N.Y. (AP) -- Police are investigating an act of vandalism that damaged dozens of headstones at a northern New York cemetery.

The St. Lawrence County Sheriff's Office tells local media outlet that 36 headstones were knocked over or displaced sometime during the weekend at the St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery in the town of Canton. Deputies say flags and flower pots also were broken.

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Suspected church vandal arrested #Methodist #TN

Kingsport, TENN. -

Kingsport Police arrested a man at the scene of a church vandalism.

Randall Eugene Robbins was arrested outside First Broad Street United Methodist Church Sunday night. The police department received a 911 call about hearing glass breaking and a person loitering around the church.

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Vandalism limits public access at St. John's #Catholic Cathedral in #Fresno #CA

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Crooks are forcing local churches to change the way they operate. The latest victims are parishioners at St. John's Cathedral in downtown Fresno.

The closure is brand new this week after a man kicked down a 110-year-old door inside the cathedral. Valley Catholics are outraged by the crime, especially since the man was caught on camera walking into a sacred room.

Security cameras caught a man repeatedly kicking at the door to the sacristy inside St. John's Cathedral on October 23. In the video, the man pauses after a few attempts then finally breaks through the door destroying a piece of cathedral history.

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Vandals strike church a second time

MANKATO — A Mankato church has been hit by vandals twice since August, but the latest incident resulted in damage to its aging stained-glass windows.

Two stained-glass windows at SS. Peter & Paul's Catholic Church were installed more than a century ago, said Mark Frederick, parish administrator. Someone threw a brick, pieces of cement block and a rock through those windows and two other windows early Friday morning.

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