Virgin Mary Statue Hanged in Pennsylvania

Dec 19, 2006 — Lori Adams went to work early Monday morning and didn't notice anything out of the ordinary.

But someone else did and told the church secretary that a Virgin Mary lawn ornament was hanging by the neck in the parking lot of Stewartstown Presbyterian Church.

According to the church and local police, the nearly 2½-foot-tall Virgin Mary figurine was bound by the neck with a rope and tied to a light post hanging from the southeast corner of the church building on College Avenue in Stewartstown.

This happened at a Presbyterian church...the motive remains a mystery.