Following recent acts of crime and vandalism at three Staten Island parishes, the local state senator, Sen. Jessica Scarcella-Spanton, called for increased security.
One parish was defaced with feces during a Christmas Mass; the rectory of a second parish was broken into. At a third parish, an assailant interrupted Mass “by breaking an angel statue, snatching the missal and a cross from the altar, tearing down flowers, and damaging the sanctuary’s marble floor,” CNA reported.