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CV NEWS FEED // A Maronite Catholic Church in New Castle, Pennsylvania, has suffered vandalism to a statue of its patron, St. John the Baptist.
The cherished life-sized statue, which had stood in front of St. John the Baptist Maronite Catholic Church in New Castle for nearly two decades, was violently vandalized October 17 at about 6:50 p.m., leaving the parish community devastated.
A witness reportedly saw 28-year-old David Shillingburg, a former tenant of the City Rescue Mission, using a hammer to smash the statue. He was caught on camera by a bystander. Shillingburg, now wanted on an arrest warrant, faces felony charges of criminal mischief and institutional vandalism.
According to the criminal complaint, a witness told the police that Shillingburg referred to the statue as “a disgrace to the church of Jesus Christ” before defacing it.
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The cherished life-sized statue, which had stood in front of St. John the Baptist Maronite Catholic Church in New Castle for nearly two decades, was violently vandalized October 17 at about 6:50 p.m., leaving the parish community devastated.
A witness reportedly saw 28-year-old David Shillingburg, a former tenant of the City Rescue Mission, using a hammer to smash the statue. He was caught on camera by a bystander. Shillingburg, now wanted on an arrest warrant, faces felony charges of criminal mischief and institutional vandalism.
According to the criminal complaint, a witness told the police that Shillingburg referred to the statue as “a disgrace to the church of Jesus Christ” before defacing it.
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Vandalism at Pennsylvania Catholic church shock parishioners
Maronite Catholic Church in New Castle PA suffers vandalism to a statue of its patron St. John the Baptist