Unhinged man trashes Jesus statue in violent ‘outburst’ after he’s caught sleeping in NYC Catholic church
NY Post
An unhinged man toppled a Jesus statue in a rampage that caused $4,000 in damages — after he was caught sleeping in a Manhattan church, cops and a parish worker said.
The apparently homeless man had been snoozing in Immaculate Conception Church in the East Village at around 11 a.m. Monday when he awoke in a rage and exploded in an “outburst of violence,” a church worker told The Post.
“He got violent and was tearing down bookcases and stuff, and he knocked a statue of Jesus over,” said the employee, who wished to remain anonymous. “So it was just really kind of scary, because it was just kind of uncontrollable, like this outburst of violence.”
The irate man was one of two apparently homeless people asleep inside the Catholic church at the time, the worker added. The vandal’s tantrum forced the faithful to have to step in, she said.
“He was throwing things around and it all happened really fast,” said the woman, who noted that the church had just wrapped up its 10 a.m. Mass, with parishioners staying behind to pray the Rosary afterwards.
Several church-goers “helped” the crazed vandal out of the front door of the church – with one man leading the charge, the church worker said.
