Crime & Safety

Vandals Deface Cross At CT Religious Monument Holy Land USA

The religious theme park is located on Slocum Street in Waterbury.

WATERBURY, CT — Vandals have struck at Waterbury's religious monument Holy Land USA, painting vulgar graffiti at the base of the cross, reports NBC Connecticut News.

Two symbols, which resemble a pentagon and an expletive were painted on the cross sometime within the past week, reports the Waterbury Republican-American.

Waterbury Mayor Neil O’Leary, a part-owner of the religious theme park, estimates it will cost thousands to repair the defaced cross.

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Click here to read it on the Waterbury Republican-American.

Photo: Holy Land USA via Google Maps; Patch file photo of past graffiti on the Holy Land USA cross

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