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Woman destroys the statues of the Virgin Mary and Saint Teresa (VIDEO)

Da David Sabbatini -

A few days ago, a woman violently attacked them statues of the Virgin Mary need Saint Teresa of Lisieux a New York, In United States of America. He tells it ChurchPop.com.

Both images were located outside the parish of Our Lady of Mercy, in Forest Hills, Queens.

According to what was announced by the diocese of Brooklyn, the episode took place on Saturday 17 July at 3:30. This is the second attack this month: on July 14 the statues were uprooted but intact.

The video shows the moment in which the woman tears the statues, knocks them down, hits them and even drags them into the middle of the road and continues to destroy them.

The person wanted by the police is described as a woman in her twenties, of medium build, medium build and wearing totally black clothing.

Father Frank Schwarz, the parish priest of the church, said the statues had been outside the church since it was built, that is, since 1937.

"It's heartbreaking but sadly it's becoming more and more common these days," Father Schwarz said in a statement. "I pray that this recent series of attacks on Catholic churches and all places of worship will end and religious tolerance will become another part of our society," the priest said in a statement.

“There was clearly anger. She deliberately went to destroy those statues. She was furious, she stepped on them, ”said the parish priest.