A nearly five feet high statue of the Virgin Mary was discovered missing from a Wicklow grotto on Monday evening, leaving the local community in shock.
The statue was a central part of the popular Our Lady of Lourdes grotto in the Wicklow town of Kilmacanogue. A number of people may have been involved in removing the life size statue from its pedestal by dragging it down the very steep bank at the grotto.
Curate of Kilmacanogue Fr Hyacinth Nwakuna told the Irish Mirror he was informed on Monday evening the statue of Our Lady was gone. He said: “I went down to the grotto and saw it for myself. It’s gone. I am very surprised and I cannot comprehend it.
