BY COLE SINANIAN | cole@queensledger.com The Saint Rita Roman Catholic Church in Long Island City was vandalized for the fourth time in two years on August 1st, in an incident that saw the destruction of a Virgin Mary statue and is now being investigated as a hate crime. Surveillance footage taken at 1:42am shows a.
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BY COLE SINANIAN | cole@queensledger.com The Saint Rita Roman Catholic Church in Long Island City was vandalized for the fourth time in two years on August 1st, in an incident that saw the destruction of a Virgin Mary statue and is now being investigated as a hate crime. Surveillance footage taken at 1:42am shows a.
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