An irate hellraiser stormed the altar at a Long Island church during Sunday mass — toppling sacred, century-old relics and causing $10,000 worth of damages, authorities said.
Aldo Hernandez, 26, burst into Corpus Christi Church in Mineola at just after 5 p.m. during a Spanish-language Eucharist celebration and shattered two religious statues — including a Sacred Heart statue that was 100 years old, cops and church workers said.
“I just broke down,” Corpus Christi employee Rob Mondello told News 12, saying he had spent three months restoring the sculpture after taking it out of storage. “It’s sad somebody would do something like that.”
The motive for the unholy tantrum wasn’t immediately known, but cops said the devilish vandal was taken into custody without further incident. But parishioners were left shaken by the unsettling rampage.
“It’s very important,” said longtime worshipper Maria Rodrigues. “I don’t know why people [would] do something like that.”
Hernandez was charged with second-degree criminal mischief and was set to be arraigned Monday at First District Court in Hempstead.
Police said their investigation is ongoing.
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