NEW JERSEY
NJ.com
By Louis C. Hochman/NJ.com
on March 21, 2013
MENDHAM — On New Street in Mendham Borough, in front of a church where dozens of children were once molested, lies a statue of a little girl. She’s fractured. Shattered.
And maybe there’s a message in that image worth noting, said Bill Crane, who as a child suffered abuse by then-Rev. James Hanley of St. Joseph Church.
“In my opinion, the statue should remain exactly as it is now, crumbled and destroyed, because that would be a more accurate representation of what really happened to the lives of children who were sexually abused,” NJ.com user freexpres wrote in the comments section of a story published earlier this month.
Authorities are still working to determine who vandalized St. Joseph Church’s memorial to child sex abuse victims in early March — the second time in two years it had been attacked. Morris County Crimestoppers is offering $2,000 to anyone who can provide information that leads to the arrest or indictment of the responsible person or people; anyone with any information can call CrimeStoppers at 973-Cop-Call or 1-800-Sheriff.
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