Religious Statues Vandalized At 2 Churches In Vineland

cbslocal.com ^ | January 24, 2014 4:40 PM

[BenLurkin]

VINELAND, NJ (CBS) — Police in Vineland are searching for the suspects who vandalized statues outside two churches overnight.

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The vandals hacked off the head of a statue of the Virgin Mary. In addition, the vandals also chopped a statue of Joseph in half.

[BenLurkin]

The Occupy Wall Street typess are crawling out of their holes.

[PLD]

These vandals like the rest of the scum of the earth could care less nothing will happen to them but a slap on the wrist..

[Nordic Breed]

These abuses are sacrilege. They express a defiance of God and a hatred of holiness. People do these things because they feel safe in doing them - that they will never be accountable for spitting in the eye of God. They are angry people, too. We must pray that they will convert to the Lord before it’s too late.

[Maudeen]

Follow them home and check out their parents and maybe grandparents. Wait a minute, maybe they are parents or grandparents. We as a nation are sliding down a slippery slope! The headlines aren’t even half of it! May God have mercy on us and let us have a few more years that many will come to their senses. John 3:16

[VanShuyten]

“nothing will happen to them but a slap on the wrist..”

Unless Vinnie and Fat Tony find out who done dat.

[mware]

Just a hop skip and jump from my home town.

[mware]

It happens in Hammonton, NJ they will find the bones of the vandals next hunting season in the middle of the Pine Barrens.

[MeshugeMikey]

According to what I have read New Jersey has the Nations second largest Muslim population.

there may well be a reason to believe that this was an action of “religious jihad”. and given the sharp rise in such adventures in the middle east Id say it’s very likely that it was.

[mware]

The last three nights the temps have been in single digits in South Jersey.

Got to be one sick individual who would go out and intentionally vandalize all those statues.

[wonkowasright]

Puritans still at it ....

[I want the USA back]

Want to bet this is not called a hate crime?

[Albion Wilde]

Vineland is/was a very traditional Catholic working class town, mostly Italian, German and Irish ancestries, until very recently, when it got its own tiny little Islamic center, although that center is the ONLY muslim business listed on this "Islamic Finder" site -- so it was apparently planted there by design. They have a special offering for "Latino muslims" -- presumably they've been busy trying to convert the many agricultural workers in the South Jersey farm belt.

Camel's nose is under the tent. This doesn't prove they are responsible for the vandalism, however; anti-Christianity has become very fashionable and is spread by many forms of media including violent cybergames.

[Mortrey]

IF it turns out to be a Moslem vandal, someone needs to plant-a-pig at their “center” some cold, wintry night.

[siamesecats]

No more than 10 miles from us. And I used to work at Sacred Heart High School.

[PLD]

That would be great..I like Vinnie and Fat Tony..LOL!!!

[steve86]

According to what I have read New Jersey has the Nations second largest Muslim population.

Many Muslims revere the Blessed Virgin Mary whom they call 'Miriam' and wouldn't dream of doing that. In fact, some would defend the statue.

It is always queers who do this stuff.

[4yearlurker]

I attended Saint Francis of Assisi church in Vineland in the 1960s. I also went to Catechism class there on Saturday mornings. Believe me as a kid I hated Catechism class. I remember Father Rich and Sister Mary Anthony. St. Francis had the best carnivals and BBQs! Vineland was just a farm community back then. I worked on many of the farms in the area.

[4yearlurker]

Hello fellow Vinelander. I haven't been back for a while but used to live on Oak & Tuckahoe roads.

[siamesecats]

:) Hello! Small world. We live in Franklinville, and I know where Oak & Tuckahoe is :)

[4yearlurker]

Yes I know Franklinville. Is the Liberty Bell still open?