Police Identify Suspect in Denver Cathedral Vandalism

Father Morehead said Oct. 11 that the assailant seemed to have some “deep personal wounds and grievances” against God and the Church.
DENVER, Colo. — Metro Denver Police announced Nov. 2 that the individual who allegedly vandalized the Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception Oct.10 is Madeline Ann Cramer, 26, who supports abortion rights.
Cramer used red spray paint to vandalize Denver’s Cathedral with anti-Catholic slogans.
Photos shared by local news reporters showed slogans such as “Satan Lives Here,” “White Supremacists,” and “Child Rapists, LOL”, as well as swastikas, written in bright red spray paint on the outside of the cathedral building, sidewalks, and on the base of a statue of St. John Paul II.
The graffiti has since been cleaned off with the help of parishioners and other volunteers. The paint was power-washed off the main doors, Father Sam Morehead, rector of the cathedral, told CNA shortly after the incident.
Father Morehead said Oct. 11 that the assailant …