By Associated Press - Tuesday, December 27, 2016

GONZALES, La. (AP) - Sheriff’s officials in Ascension Parish are trying to identify the vandal or vandals who destroyed a large marble statue of Saint Mark in front of a local church.

WBRZ-TV reports (https://bit.ly/2htsaVQ) that the crime happened sometime between late Christmas night and early Monday morning at St. Mark Catholic Church on Louisiana 621.

Father Rubin Reynolds tells the station that the statue is valued at $7,000 to $10,000, and had been in front of the Church for 42 years.



Reynolds called the sheriff’s office Monday afternoon to report the statue had been toppled and smashed into several pieces.

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Information from: WBRZ-TV, https://www.wbrz.com

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