‘A place of grace’ now a disgrace: Shrine at Staten Island’s Mount Loretto vandalized

New York’s Staten Island. The Shrine of the Immaculate Virgin, a monument that has long been a source of comfort for those who frequently leave prayer cards and tributes in memory of a loved one, is tucked away in the Mount Loretto Unique Area with a view of Prince’s Bay.

When Eric Bowden, a reader of Advance/SILive.com, came in early November, he said he expected to see his friends’ and family’s prayer cards along with numerous others thrown along the shrine’s back walls.

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