Catholic Church Desecrated

ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Someone urinated in the holy water at a suburban Rochester, N.Y., Catholic church.

Four local teens have been charged with that and other vandalism.

Monroe County sheriff's deputies said the teenagers smashed wine bottles against the walls, left bicycle skid marks on the carpet, emptied the fire extinguishers and burned cigarette holes in the Saint Pious X Church.

The damage is estimated at $17,000.

Charged are 18-year-old Dan Seklar, 17-year-old Richard DeCarolis, 16-year-old Michael Street and a 15-year-old who is being charged as a juvenile. All are charged with burglary and criminal mischief, both felonies.

The boys have been released to their parents.

I'm Catholic. Nothing else defines me the way my faith does.

It sickens me that these thugs would desecrate a Catholic church like this. They showed no respect whatsoever for others' property or religion.

This should be considered a hate crime.

That said, I have no intention to show this story to other Catholics, take to the streets, and start rioting and killing over it.

We'll have to see if any other Catholics become violent because of the disgusting acts of these criminals.

When the FABRICATED (thanks to Newsweek) story of a Quran in a toilet hit the Arab world, there was mayhem.

Something tells me that won't happen here.