From astoriapost:
The NYPD’s Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating an act of vandalism inside the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Astoria on Sunday.
Father Hughes was greeting parishioners at the rear of the church at the end of a Spanish Mass when a young man told him to “die.” The suspect then approached a woman who had brought a statue of Baby Jesus to the church to have it blessed and slapped the religious statue out of her hand near the altar rail, causing it to break into several pieces. The suspect stormed out of the church onto Ditmars Boulevard where he jumped onto a Citi Bike and rode off toward Astoria Park.