Denver Newsroom, Sep 25, 2020 / 16:07 pm
A man who wielded a baseball bat on the grounds of a Catholic seminary in Texas damaged a crucifix and several doors, but caused no harm to seminary students. The seminary asked for prayers for the unknown perpetrator and warned against a rush to judgment.
"Assumption Seminary in San Antonio received damage to an outdoor crucifix and five glass doors of the discernment house on campus during an act of vandalism which occurred at just after 10 p.m. on September 24," Jordan McMorrough, communications director for the San Antonio archdiocese, told CNA Sept. 25. "San Antonio Police Department officers are currently investigating the incident and are searching for a suspect."
"First and foremost, all of our seminarians and all the people at the seminary are safe," Father Hy Nguyen, rector of Assumption Seminary, said Sept. 25. "We ask for your prayers for this misguided person, and for the safety of the Assumption community."
An unidentified man who held a baseball bat was observed walking up to the dormitory building, Nguyen said. The man hit the glass doors several times. Though law enforcement was notified immediately, the suspect fled the area before police arrived, according to the Archdiocese of San Antonio's statement.