MUMBAI: In the current occurrence of vandalism targeting city churches, a statue of St Anthony has actually been taken from the wall of the historical Gloria Church, Byculla. CCTV visuals reveal the burglar breaking the lock of the grille door and decamping with the statue in the night of February 21, right prior to the start of Lent. Previously, on January 7, the graveyard of St Michael’s Church, Mahim, was desecrated, while on February 23, a vandal stoned a grotto and cross near Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Orlem, Malad. Arrests have actually been made in both cases. Byculla authorities along with parish priest Fr Dennis Gonsalves have, nevertheless, looked for to minimize the theft at Gloria Church. The priest selected to not submit a problem. Activists of popular NGOs understand the matter, however have actually remained quiet. The plaintiff in the Byculla church statue theft case is its caretaker, a store owner called Baptista D’Souza whose dad had talented the statue to the Byculla church years earlier. “I would clean up the statue every day. I was stunned to discover it missing out on. I lodged a problem due to the fact that disregarding this offense can push vandals to dedicate larger criminal activities. Gloria Church has ratings of stunning, important statues of v
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