Viva, do you live in New Jersey?
A church local to me has allowed decorative shrubbery to become overgrown and obscure the sculptured figures in their outdoor Stations of the Cross. I've tried emailing them to no avail.
Interestingly, near me there seem to be a lot of churches that are either keeping or actually INSTALLING statuary. I guess their parishioners' children are looking at old photo albums and getting nostalgic for the days when Catholic churches WERE Catholic, not just Catholic-looking, if they're even that anymore.
There is a church near me that had a Holy Infant stolen from its Nativity display at least twice IIRC. The last time was just a couple of years ago.
A cemetery near me had the life-sized bronze Corpus stolen from the Crucifix that is the visual focal point of the whole property and actually stands where there are priests buried.
Some morons took a truck with a chain attached and pulled the Crucifix down and then stole the Cross and Corpus. They were never recovered; police said they were likely sold for scrap and melted.
The managers of the cemetery, the townspeople and several local parishes contributed to a replacement.
It's disgusting what people will do in a humanistic society; they regress to the level of animals, and whoever or whatever threatens them gets "bitten". Godless humanists must be allowed to roam as they please and do their business on your lawn or where they please. They are not satisfied with being anti-Christ themselves; they must make public statements that they believe ALL people should be thus "liberated".
Of course, if these were broken windows in a Jєω building, or a smashed marble monument outside a Mason lodge, look out! These would be HATE CRIMES that would occupy the newspapers for WEEKS.
No, the local Newchurch parishes don't get the sympathy that comes with being the victim of a "hate crime", because they're not influential enough to upset the socio-economic status quo, and they're not holy and sacrificial enough with their lives to truly endear themselves to those who desperately need sanctifying grace.
That's why the Jєωs and Masons are so "beloved" in their communities and so pitied when "terrible things" happen to them. It's because their political and economic influence in their communities and in the nations is so significant, and it's combined with a long-running PR campaign that makes them all look like the bedrock of "polite society".
50 years ago or more, someone arrested for defacing Catholic statuary on church property would have been shamed publicly and would have had to endure a social backlash as well as the force of law.
May God have mercy on the souls of those who have defaced and destroyed sacred images. They do not know what they do at all.
Immaculate Heart of Mary, triumph soon!
Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, have mercy on us.