Billerica Police are looking for whoever cut the head and hands off a Virgin Mary statue at St. Mary's Church on Boston Road overnight.
The vandalism comes a couple days after a similar beheading at a church in Burlington.
Detectives are looking at whether the incidents are connected.
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A request
By adamg
Wed, 03/30/2016 - 6:35pm
If you've already expressed your feelings about the Catholic Church in the discussion on the other incident, please don't repeat them here. We know how you feel already.
Oops
By sth
Wed, 03/30/2016 - 7:01pm
sorry, didn't see your request before I posted. A delete comment feature would be nice.
i agree
By Scumquistador
Wed, 03/30/2016 - 7:03pm
i wish i could delete your comments as well
Thanks Adam
By Waquiot
Wed, 03/30/2016 - 7:27pm
And 'quisador, that was a good line.
Pretty funny
By sth
Wed, 03/30/2016 - 7:29pm
for a scumsukingbore
It is funny
By anon
Wed, 03/30/2016 - 7:07pm
How you allow criticism of one religion, and only one on this site.
Here's what's funny
By Waquiot
Wed, 03/30/2016 - 9:21pm
Your comment makes no sense.
All the guy who keeps this website going is asking is that after we all aired our feelings on Catholicism over on another story on this very website that mirrors this incident, we take it easy this time.
Maybe you should become a news aggregator, and on your website you can allow all sorts of criticism of all sorts of religions. Go for it.
creepy
By sth
Wed, 03/30/2016 - 6:40pm
Three times in a row, it is starting to become creepy.
hmm
By Scumquistador
Wed, 03/30/2016 - 6:58pm
if things were still connected, there wouldnt be an incident at all now would there
my money's on
By Malcolm Tucker
Wed, 03/30/2016 - 8:32pm
Pazuzu
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At this point, can we call these hate crimes?
By Ron Newman
Wed, 03/30/2016 - 10:45pm
They seem to be targeting one particular religion.
Let's catch the person first
By Waquiot
Wed, 03/30/2016 - 11:08pm
Before we ascribe motives to the actions.
A few years back there was press about a rash of fires targeting churches in some city I cannot remember and don't feel like tracking down. The theory was that the arsonist was going after African American churches until a few fires struck some white congregations. Then, it emerged that some of the fires were in fact not suspicious. As I recall with my vague memory, they did track someone down with mental health issues in the end.
Agreed
By perruptor
Thu, 03/31/2016 - 7:27am
Unless the perpetrator(s) leaves some kind of message explaining their motive, it's not really possible to say whether it's based in hatred of Catholicism. Could be someone who's discovered that it's fun to get drunk and decapitate statues. Most other religion don't erect statues (OK, Buddhism, but your Burlington-based drunken vandal isn't going to bother driving to Chelmsford when there are closer victims available.)
Out of curiosity, how does the RCC get around that biblical proscription of graven images, anyway?
citation please?
By sth
Thu, 03/31/2016 - 8:24am
for the RCC "biblical proscription of graven images".
Not "RCC biblical proscription"
By perruptor
Fri, 04/01/2016 - 5:47am
Exodus 20:4
Norwood too
By shoey
Thu, 03/31/2016 - 9:49am
The Mary statue at St. Catherine's in Norwood was vandalized with black spray paint on Good Friday.
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