Texas Church Destroyed ‘Demonic’ Statue Found After Robbery
Members of a Texas congregation wasted no time destroying a “demonic” statue found at their church just days after a robbery. The faithful held a ceremony to burn the offensive object and called its presence “disheartening.”
Bishop James Dixon of the Community of Faith Church in Acres Homes in north Houston told reporters, “It’s sad to think that people would do something like that.”
Horrified members discovered the statue Sunday in the church’s gazebo. They alerted church leaders and prayed together before setting the object on fire.
One member told KHOU-TV that the placement of the object there was “sacrilegious.” They declared the property to be “holy ground. This is our church.”
The statue reportedly was of “Santa Muerte,” literally translated as “Saint Death.” It is popular as an icon among the Gulf, Juarez, and Sinaloa drug cartels but is not officially sanctioned by the Catholic church.
In fact, in 2013 a church official described the veneration of Santa Muerte as “the celebration of devastation and of hell.”
Dixon said the statue proclaims curses, “the curse of death, the Grim Reaper with a sickle.” He said the church had to burn the “works of the devil” as it was an attack on all Christian believers.
He added, “We’ve never had this before. So it hurts, you know, to know that this church does so much good for so many people.”
Just a week before the grim discovery, churchgoers discovered they were victims of a robbery. Surveillance footage revealed the thieves used a rolling cart to carry away a safe containing cash and church documents, but there are no reports of arrests in the case.
Dixon said churchgoers were disappointed to face yet another dilemma. “Here we are a week later and we’re having to defend ourselves and pray again against the works of the enemy.”
He said the believers are praying that this is the end of bizarre incidents and that those responsible for the horrific acts repent of their sins and turn themselves over to law enforcement. Dixon vowed that the faithful will not let the robbery or demonic discovery interfere with what they believe.
