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Police investigating incident as 'hate crime'
Lewd images and obscene phrases were spray-painted onto the walls and gravestones of a church in northwest England on Good Friday, prompting police to investigate the incident as a hate crime. The targeted attack at St. James Church in Leyland, Lancashire County, occurred just days before Easter Sunday services.
The vandalism, discovered early Friday morning by the Rev. Marc Wolverson, involved sexually graphic graffiti and offensive statements, including explicit blasphemy, The Telegraph reported.
At least 40 gravestones in the churchyard were defaced, alongside the church building itself, according to the BBC. One of the graffiti messages explicitly stated, “God is a lie.”
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Lewd images and obscene phrases were spray-painted onto the walls and gravestones of a church in northwest England on Good Friday, prompting police to investigate the incident as a hate crime. The targeted attack at St. James Church in Leyland, Lancashire County, occurred just days before Easter Sunday services.
The vandalism, discovered early Friday morning by the Rev. Marc Wolverson, involved sexually graphic graffiti and offensive statements, including explicit blasphemy, The Telegraph reported.
At least 40 gravestones in the churchyard were defaced, alongside the church building itself, according to the BBC. One of the graffiti messages explicitly stated, “God is a lie.”
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Vandals spray-painted lewd images, anti-Christian message on church ahead of Easter
Lewd images and obscene phrases were spray-painted onto the walls and gravestones of a church in northwest England on Good Friday, prompting police to investigate the incident as a hate crime