DENVER (KDVR) — A Denver church is still feeling in shock after two statues of saints were stolen from the outside of the building last week. That theft was caught on camera, showing the suspect using tools like a hammer to break the statues free.
Holy Ghost Catholic Church has been on California Street in Denver since 1943. As the city grew up around it, Father Paul Nguyen said its foundation has never changed.
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“The church here represents, for, really, all of Denver for the whole of our existence, a place of hope, right? A place of second chances,” Nguyen said.
Now, it’s Nguyen who’s holding out hope himself, hope for a return of two statues that church security staff noticed were missing last Wednesday morning…