Churchgoers heading to morning Mass on Oct. 10 were shocked to find the 125-year-old Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Denver spray-painted with offensive red graffiti. Written in bright-red spray paint, the messages read: “Satan Lives Here,” “Jesus Was Here,” “KKK,” “Illuminati,” and “White Supremacists.” The vandal also painted swastikas on the gilded front doors of the historic church. “Horrible things,” said the Rev. Samuel Morehead, who photographed the damage for city police. “It was all over the front and the side” of the cathedral building, steps, and sidewalk, Morehead told The Epoch Times. A statue of Pope John Paul II also was marked in red paint, he said. Morehead said it was the third instance of vandalism against the church in three months, and the worst he’d seen. “It was pretty brazen,” he said. “The police have a pretty good lead.” The Archdiocese of Denver condemned the incident, …
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