A suspect in El Paso, Texas, was arrested after allegedly desecrating a nearly century-old statue of Jesus that was decapitated in the latest spate of vandalism against churches in the United States.
While being questioned, 30-year-old suspect Isaiah Cantrell told police that he went into the church to repent but later realized that the church’s statue of Jesus was the wrong color, according to a local ABC affiliate. He told the officer that Jesus was Jewish, so the statue should have a darker skin color, the affidavit stated. He denied destroying the statue, saying it fell on its own.
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