The Brooklyn Paper reports that police have found the man who stole a statue of the Virgin Mary and child on October 19th from St. Vincent’s. Apparently the man threw out the icon when he couldn’t sell it.
gloomy skies loom over St. Vincent's today
The paper interviewed Mary Louise Morgan, a spokesman for St. Vincent’s, who said the childcare agency is concentrating on getting a new statue. “The children who lived in this building when it was an orphanage helped design it,” she said. “The statue’s physical characteristics reflected their diversity.”
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