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Woman Charged After Allegedly Taking Head Off Statue of Jesus at Long Island Church

Authorities charged 41-year-old Deyonna Suber, and a judge ordered her to stay away from the church as restoration efforts begin.

Summary by NBC New York
A Long Island woman is facing charges after police said she took the head off a statue of Jesus Christ at a Catholic church, leaving parishioners shaken, confused and angry. A plastic tarp now covers the vandalized statue at St. Mary’s Church in East Islip, where flowers have been left in the courtyard since the incident last Friday. “It’s terrible, just terrible that somebody would desecrate a statue of Jesus,” parishioner Chris Cortina said. A…

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Telemundo New York (47) broke the news on Thursday, May 21, 2026.
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