Photo/AP Vandals spray painted Hell on a sign at Holy Hill in the Town of Erin. Vandals struck either late Tuesday or early Wednesday. |
Photo/Tom Lynn Red spray paint covers Jesus Christ in the 12th Station of the Cross on Wednesday at Holy Hill. At another station, the eyes on the statues of Christs mother, Mary, and two other figures were painted red. |
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Photo/Tom Lynn Efrain Martinez (right) and Brad Crowley of Servpro sandblast graffiti off an entrance to the church at Holy Hill. The total cost to remove the vandalism at more than a dozen sites at the shrine was unknown Wednesday. |
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Archbishop Dolan's visit comes days after the historic grounds of the shrine were desecrated. Restorative work has begun on the vandalized areas.
"With the rest of our community, I am shocked and saddened by the outrageous acts of sacrilege at the Shrine of Our Lady Help of Christians on Holy Hill," said Archbishop Dolan. "For over a century, Holy Hill has been a sacred site for prayer, reconciliation, love, mercy, healing, and the lifting up of mind and heart to Jesus through His Mother. Tuesday it became for a moment a site of hate, evil, sin, and darkness. This shows us that bigotry, hatred of Christ and His Church, sin, and Satan are still very much with us. It also reminds us that 'the gates of hell will not prevail.' I will go on pilgrimage Saturday afternoon and offer Mass in reparation for these offenses, and pray in gratitude for the holiness and grace that will continue to flow from this Holy Hill from Jesus and Mary."
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Of course. Evil and stupid. I hope they go to jail for as long as possible. These are the kind of people who might do anything.
"Hail Satin"
Maybe he wants to be a gay "interior decorator".
It would be nice if, somewhere in the story, we could be told where this is.
Oh, charged as adult. 6 months each.
I have the feeling that we'll see these fine boys' pictures in the newspaper again someday.
I pity their future victims.
Is flogging really and truly a cruel and unusual punishment? I'm having some doubts.
For those of you who aren't in or from the Milwaukee, WI area, Holy Hill is an uniquely beautiful Catholic shrine and cathedral located about 35 miles north of Milwaukee on top of a 1,300 foot hill in the Northern Kettle Moraine State Forest area. It's so striking beautiful that it attracts tourists and Christians of all denominations, including many Protestants. What was done was a horrible desecration. Even those of us who aren't Catholics should give our Catholic friends our sincere condolences for what happened.
"Hail Satin" alert. :D
From the look of these two, they are cousins, brothers, uncles and nephews, simultaneously.
It is obvious that they intentionally picked that particular site.
Nasty young men who will probably move on to bigger and better ways of nastiness as the years go by.
They will probably get off with a slap on the wrist and community time.
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Thanks, NYer! :)
Apparently a Moody Blues fan and 'Will and Grace' watcher.
Seriously, though, I hope the sentence for these two is heavy--like having to clean the grafitti off of every bridge in Milwaukee, and the sentence is not served until every trace of it is gone (pretty much a life sentence, lol).
"Tyler Groth told investigators that he painted "Hail Satin," a misspelling of Satan..."
Good thing they didn't worship the Flying Spaghetti Monster; think of how badly these morons would have mis-spelled that?
These Satanists could not have picked a better county for their religious desecration spree. If the DA holds out and takes this case to trial, justice will be had. Washington County is probably the best area in the state to get a tough, no nonsense jury. I am confident that if hanging were a sentencing option, these "punks" would swing.
Tyler looks real intelligent!
Seems as if Tyler had quite the life. Let me guess, a room full of "Nine Inch Nails," "Marylin Manson," and "Eminem" CDs, MTV on 24/7, and a regular poster at DU.
Did this deviant have a job? Sounds like someone needs a life.