U.S. Churches Vandalized in Wave of Attacks

Is it open season on Christianity?

Virgin Mary statue at St. Peter’s Parrish in Boston, Massachusetts, which was damaged by fire on July 12, 2020. (photo: The Catholic Connect Foundation)

Catholic churches and Christian symbols across the United States have been burned and vandalized recently in a series of attacks. Authorities are investigating whether or not these incidents are connected to the protests targeting symbols and statues.

Black Lives Matter leaders, activists and protesters have called for the toppling of statues of Confederate symbols, former U.S. presidents, and abolitionists.

Last month, BLM activist Shaun King was the first to prominently call for all images depicting Jesus as a “White European,” and his mother to be torn down because they’re forms of “White supremacy,” and “racist propaganda.”

“Yes, I think the statues of the white European they claim is Jesus should also come down. They are a form of white supremacy. Always have been. In the Bible, when the family of Jesus wanted to hide, and blend in, guess where they went? EGYPT! Not Denmark. Tear them down.” — Shaun King, Twitter. June 22, 2020.

King added support for taking down all imagery, including “murals and stained glass windows of white Jesus.”

“Yes. All murals and stained glass windows of white Jesus, and his European mother, and their white friends should also come down. They are a gross form white supremacy…