The NYPD is searching for four individuals they say committed a hate crime at a church in Marine Park.
According to clergy at St. Columba, the group attempted to break in early one Saturday morning more than a week ago.
Police said they then broke a stained glass window, before stabbing and trying to take down the 10-foot-tall metal cross outside.
St. Columba’s Deacon Tom Gleason helped clean up the damage and tape the window.
He spoke to Currents News about the case.
Deacon Gleason said the perpetrators are misguided and he forgives them.
The church is in contact with a stained glass company to fix the window, however, the marks on the crucifix cannot be repaired.
Despite the incident at St. Colomba, crime is down in New York City.
According to the NYPD, crime dropped 2.9 % in comparison to January of last year.
Breaking it down even further, murder dropped by 25%, burglary by 19%, and serious assaults by 1.5 %.