Hate-filled vandal bashes Brooklyn Catholic church statues with brick

A hate-filled vandal bashed 2 spiritual statues with a brick astatine a Brooklyn Catholic church, leaving them damaged, constabulary said.

The attacker, wearing an orangish headscarf, utilized the ceramic to smash disconnected the hands of a statue of the Virgin Mary successful the courtyard of St. Therese of Lisieux Church connected Avenue D adjacent Troy Ave. successful East Flatbush astir 4:30 a.m. Tuesday, cops said.

He past ran up to different statue, believed to beryllium of St. Therese, and broke disconnected a transverse she was holding, cops said.

On Wednesday, cops released surveillance footage of the fishy smoking a cigaret and sporting a achromatic backpack arsenic helium walked past the church. The NYPD is asking the public’s assistance identifying him and tracking him down.

Rebecca White for New York Daily News

Victor M. Bolaños, Pastor of Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, holding the hands of the statue of the Blessed Mother successful his bureau astatine the church.(Rebecca White for New York Daily News)

It was astatine slightest the 3rd clip successful a period a vandal had attacked a Catholic Church wrong the 5 boroughs.

On Sept. 24, a bearded antheral successful a reddish T-shirt and achromatic shot headdress jumped implicit a tiny achromatic woody obstruction extracurricular the rectory of Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church connected Parsons Blvd. successful Jamaica, Queens, picked up a ample stone from the plot and repeatedly struck a statue of the Virgin Mary successful the caput with it, cops said.

Then, connected Oct. 6, a hate-filled vandal scrawled shocking profanity and defaced respective statues astatine Manhattan’s St. Frances Cabrini Shrine connected Fort Washington Ave. adjacent W. 190th St. — conscionable extracurricular Fort Tryon Park — successful Washington Heights.

The vandal wrote profanity directed astatine Jesus Christ on with respective bizarre symbols connected a religion partition with achromatic spray paint. Another awesome was painted connected a statue of St. Frances Cabrini arsenic the vandal covered her look with paint.

The NYPD Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating the 3 desecrations, which are not believed to beryllium linked.

Anyone with accusation regarding the East Flatbush religion incidental oregon the 2 different acts of vandalism is urged to telephone Crime Stoppers astatine (800) 577-TIPS. All calls volition beryllium kept confidential.