Baby Jesus taken, replaced with pig's head – police | Inquirer News

Baby Jesus taken, replaced with pig’s head – police

/ 07:10 AM December 27, 2014

HAVERHILL, Massachusetts – A mayor in Massachusetts is outraged that someone stole a baby Jesus statue from a church’s Nativity scene and replaced it with a pig’s head.

Haverhill Mayor James Fiorentini said the desecration has “all the elements of a hate crime.”

The parish priest noticed the statue had been taken from the creche at Sacred Hearts Roman Catholic Church on Christmas morning.

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Police said the pig’s head appears to have been recently severed, and investigators are seeking help from butcher shops and pig farms. Police said the perpetrator could face animal cruelty charges.

Meanwhile, a neighbor replaced the baby Jesus with one from her own creche.

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TAGS: Christmas, Crime, Holidays, Massachusetts, Police, Religion

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