Hopkinsville man pleads guilty to destroying church statue - WNKY News 40 Television

Hopkinsville man pleads guilty to destroying church statue - WNKY News 40 Television

PADUCAH, Ky. – A Hopkinsville man pleaded guilty to destroying a church statue in Hopkinsville on Monday. According to a release sent by the Western District of Kentucky, court documents show that Marley R. Taylor, 27, of Hopkinsville, destroyed a statue of Mary holding baby Jesus at a Catholic church on January 28 and 29 of 2025. Taylor used an axe to chop off both statues’ heads and admitted he intentionally decapitated the statues because he …