Outrage morphed into compassion Saturday, July 8, as members of Resurrection Parish in Gerritsen Beach stopped a man from spraying black paint on a new statue of Mary.
Jonathan Bulik, 37, of Brooklyn, was taken into custody at 11:30 a.m. for desecrating the white marble statue at the church on Gerritsen Avenue, said Stephan Memory, a police spokesman.
Two retired firefighters, one of them a parishioner — drove past the church around 11:30 a.m. and saw Bulik at work when they decided to get out and stop him.