By Currents News
In the Diocese of Brooklyn, a statue of the Holy Family was defaced over the weekend.
The New York Police Department has charged 38-year-old Freddy Genao with a hate crime after he reportedly damaged an image of the Blessed Mother at Holy Family Church in Fresh Meadows, Queens.
Police say that on the evening of June 21 he used a crowbar to break the face of the statue and damage the parish’s two front doors.
The church’s pastor, Father Sean Suckiel, says officers were already in the area while the vandal was committing the crime and arrested him upon arrival.
This is the second time the three sculptures depicting Mary, Joseph, and the Child Jesus were defaced: around the same time last year, the statue of the Son of God was decapitated.