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Monday, May 24, 2021

Brooklyn Man Facing Hate Crime Charges After Allegedly Destroying Church’s Crucifix, Setting Fire To Yeshiva, Synagogue 

A Brooklyn man is facing hate crime charges after he allegedly destroyed a crucifix and burned an American flag at church and later set fire to a yeshiva and synagogue.

Ali Alaheri, 29, was charged with criminal mischief as a hate crime.

Police said Alaheri knocked down and destroyed a large crucifix statue outside St. Athanasius Church in Bensonhurst.

Alaheri is also accused of burning an American flag outside the rectory.

A pastor discovered the damage on May 14.

"It was a terrible morning. It was probably the saddest day in my life, to see this desecration of a cross of Jesus and the desecration of the flag," Monsignor David Cassato told CBS2 the day it happened.

Parishioners gathered in prayer that night and used a crucifix from one of their classrooms as a temporary replacement outside the church.

https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2021/05/24/brooklyn-church-vandalism-suspect-arrested-hate-crime-charge/

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