Advocates Rededicate Sexual Abuse Victims' Memorial Twice Hit by Vandals

CBS New York
April 28, 2013

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MENDHAM, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) — Advocates for victims of child sexual abuse rededicated a monument in Morris County, N.J., Sunday that has twice been the target of vandalism.





The rededication ceremony for the monument outside St. Joseph Church in Mendham took place on Sunday afternoon.





Part of the millstone monument near St. Joseph Church in Mendham was destroyed last month for the second time in less than two years.





As WCBS 880’s Jim Smith reported, the destroyed statue representing girl victims remained missing, and the boy figure remained heavily damaged, as of Sunday. But despite the second occurrence of vandalism, victims and families rededicated their efforts to crack down on child sex abuse.





“It takes all of us as a community to stand up,” said Mark Crawford, of the New Jersey Chapter of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests.