St. Sylvester’s Church Defaced with Feces During Christmas Mass

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – Worshippers at St. Sylvester’s R.C. church in Concord where shocked to learn the front of their church was defaced with feces Thursday while they were inside celebrating Christmas Mass.

The church’s pastor, Fr. Jacob Thumma, said the human feces were discovered on the main doors, steps and railing of the church during the 10 a.m. mass.

“While the mass was going on around 10:30, I was walking to the church to thank people, and I found human (feces) on the door.Smeared on the outside of the door,” he said.

He directed the congregation to exit through a side door.

Speaking to the Advance/SILive.com on Friday he said, “Yesterday, ther were a lot of people at the Mass, and I didn’t want to create panic. So,I asked people to leave through the side door.”