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Man Defaces Virgin Mary Image Because 'It's Wrong'
POSTED: 6:52 am CDT May 6, 2005
UPDATED: 11:58 am CDT May 7, 2005
CHICAGO -- A man was charged Friday morning for allegedly writing the words "Big Lie" over what many have come to believe is an image of the Virgin Mary.
Witnesses said they saw a man scrawling the graffiti with black leather shoe polish.
Chicago police spokesman David Banks said authorities charged Victor Gonzalez, 37, with criminal damage to state supported property -- a misdemeanor.
Gonzalez told NBC5's Lisa Tutman that he felt compelled to get his point across.
"Because it's wrong, and that, you know," he said, "It's just an image. It didn't look like the Virgin Mary. Who knows how she looks?"