Rainbow flag-waving vandal defaced NYC churches with anti Christian statements

A hateful vandal carrying a rainbow flag defaced at least three New York City churches with “anti-Christian” graffiti, according to cops still hunting the suspect.The Pride flag-carrying suspect was also wearing a rainbow face covering when cameras caught them vandalizing the churches in Far Rockaway, Queens, in the early hours of Oct.5, the NYPD said of the hate crime.The suspect — who was seen pushing a bicycle — first targeted the Refuge Church of Christ at 18-37 Mott Avenue around 1:40 a.m., police said.Four minutes later, the same perp vandalized the City of Oasis Church of Deliverance, which is about 100 feet away at 18-74 Mott Avenue.Then around 2 a.m., the vandal struck at St.

Mary’s Star of the Sea Church at 19-20 New Haven Avenue, painting on the front of the church as well as over the faces of two religious statues there, cops said.Police did not reveal what the “anti-Christian statements” were.The NYPD Hate Crime Task Force is investigating it as “multiple acts of criminal mischief as a hate crime.”...