Woman arrested after allegedly beheading Jesus statue outside Catholic church

A pistillate was arrested aft allegedly decapitating a statue of Jesus extracurricular a Long Island Catholic church, constabulary said.

Deyonna Subert, 41, who constabulary described arsenic "undomiciled," was charged with second-degree transgression mischief successful transportation with harm to a Sacred Heart of Jesus statue astatine St. Mary’s Church successful East Islip, according to Suffolk County Police.

Police said the statue astatine the church, located astatine 118 East Main St., was damaged connected May 15 astatine astir 11:15 p.m.

"After an probe by Hate Crimes Unit detectives, Deyonna Subert was arrested extracurricular of 221 West Main Street successful Bay Shore astatine 6:39 a.m.," Suffolk County Police said successful a property merchandise Wednesday.

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The severed caput of a Sacred Heart of Jesus statue is shown extracurricular St. Mary’s Church successful East Islip, N.Y., aft the statue was vandalized. (News 12 Long Island)

Subert was held overnight astatine the Fourth Precinct and was scheduled to beryllium arraigned Thursday astatine First District Court successful Central Islip, constabulary said.

Churchgoers discovered the statue’s caput missing Sunday greeting arsenic parishioners gathered for services and First Communion celebrations, according to News12 Long Island video from the scene.

"Across the mode into the auditorium, we had archetypal communions and this is wherever the kids travel and they instrumentality their picture," St. Mary’s pastor Father Anthony Iaconis told News12.

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Father Anthony Iaconis holds the severed caput of a Sacred Heart of Jesus statue extracurricular St. Mary’s Church successful East Islip, N.Y., aft the statue was vandalized. (News 12 Long Island)

Iaconis said helium aboriginal recovered the statue’s caput successful adjacent bushes.

"I deliberation everyone would beryllium upset by it," longtime parishioner Regina Vavricka told the outlet.

"Whether you beryllium to this parish oregon not, oregon whether you’re Catholic oregon Jewish, it doesn’t truly matter."

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A Sacred Heart of Jesus statue stands without its caput extracurricular St. Mary’s Church successful East Islip, N.Y., aft the statue was vandalized. (News 12 Long Island)

The church’s pastor said donations had already begun coming successful to assistance repair the statue, which was expected to beryllium fixed wrong days.

"Yeah, it’s a unspeakable thing," Iaconis said. "I conscionable inquire radical to commune for the idiosyncratic who did this. It’s not right, but we tin inactive commune for them."

Detectives from the department’s Hate Crimes Unit investigated the incident.

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"A transgression complaint is an accusation," Suffolk County Police said successful the release. "A suspect is presumed guiltless until and unless proven guilty."

Suffolk County Police did not instantly respond to Fox News Digital's petition for further comment.