The Catholic Action League called for a hate crimes investigation into a suspect charged with ripping the arms off a historic crucifix at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Boston.
Michael Patzelt, a 37-year-old Attleboro man with a lengthy rap sheet, was charged Wednesday in Boston Municipal Court with assault and malicious destruction of property over the vandalized 150-year-old crucifix.
The Catholic Action League of Massachusetts called for the Suffolk County District Attorney to open a hate crimes investigation, calling the incident “a brazen attack on the center of Catholicism in New England, committed by a criminal with a 17 page rap sheet, in front of multiple witnesses.” “The level of venom and destructiveness displayed by this individual is difficult to comprehend,” Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin Hayden said into NBC10. “We live in a society where citizens are free to practice any religion they choose, and equally free to practice no religion at all. But they are not free to desecrate symbols held precious by the many faiths within our society.”
In Massachusetts, there have been 44 incidents of vandalism against Catholic churches, schools, cemeteries and statues since 2019, and four in 2023, said the Catholic Action League.
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