Nativity Scene Vandalized At Overbrook Church: "Someone Is Hurting Worse Than We Are"

By Marcella Baietto and Jake Jacobson, CBS Philadelphia

January 8, 2024

OVERBROOK, Pa. (CBS) – When Mass ended inside Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church Sunday, families came out to get a closer look at the vandalized nativity scene near their church.

"It just made me cry. I can't stand to see that. The desecration of the nativity, of the holy family," parishioner AnnaMaria DiPilla said. Just so heartbreaking."

A few of the sculptures were cracked, broken and strewn around, including St. Joseph's head and an angel's wing. "It's a feeling of sadness. Me, personally, it's also a feeling of anger," parishioner Domenic DiPilla said.

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