NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Police said Saturday they arrested a man who allegedly destroyed a crucifix and burned an American flag at church in Brooklyn.
Ali Alaheri, 29, was charged with criminal mischief as a hate crime.
Police said Alaheri knocked down and destroyed a large crucifix statue outside St. Athanasius Church in Bensonhurst.
(Credit: St. Athanasius Roman Catholic Church)
Alaheri is also accused of burning an American flag outside the rectory.
A pastor discovered the damage on May 14.
“It was a terrible morning. It was probably the saddest day in my life, to see this desecration of a cross of Jesus and the desecration of the flag,” Monsignor David Cassato told CBS2 the day it happened.
Parishioners gathered in prayer that night and used a crucifix from one of their classrooms as a temporary replacement outside the church.
The crucifix that was destroyed stood for 11 years.
from CBS New York https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2021/05/22/brooklyn-church-vandalism-suspect-arrested-hate-crime-charge/
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