DENVER (KDVR) — Two statues were found shattered after video surveillance showed someone chiseling them off the entrance of a Catholic church in the middle of the night.
The two solid brass statues, Saint Paul and Saint Rita, had been sitting on the outside of Holy Ghost Catholic Church on California Street since 1928. That is, until early March, when a video showed someone using what appeared to be a chisel and hammer to remove the statues.
Denver church left shocked after statues stolen from off the building
Now all that is left are empty spaces in the wall and screws.
The statues were missing for about a week, until the Denver Police Department was able to recover both statues. However, they didn’t look the same.
FOX31 spoke with Father Paul Nguyen, who said the statues were chopped up and were going to be sold…