Sick: Statue of Mary smashed, hate note left at church in Buffalo—UPDATED

From The Buffalo News: 

Someone smashed a statue of Mary outside an East Side Catholic church on Tuesday, and left an anti-Catholic note beside the pieces of the statue, according to a Buffalo police report.

“This building will be destroyed,” the handwritten note began. “Stop worshiping Mary. Worship God. Catholics are a man-made religion.”

The Rev. Michael H. Burzynski, parish administrator at St. John Kanty, read the entire seven-sentence note over the phone during an interview with a Buffalo News reporter.

“I think it’s neurotic,” Burzynski said of the note. “It’s a misinterpretation of religion.”

A 911 call to police at about 11 p.m. Tuesday reported the damage to the statue at the church on Broadway.

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Pray for the parish, and for the person who did this.

UPDATE: An arrest has been made and a suspect charged with a hate crime. Read more.