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BLACK magic rituals or anti-Christian vandalism may lie behind the desecration of statues at a Roman Catholic church being investigated by police.

The Church of the Five Precious Wounds in Stonebridge, has been the target for at least four separate attacks this year in which images of Christ, Mary and John the Blessed were defiled. In most of the attacks black paint was poured over the statuettes, which were kept behind a grille in an alcove outside the church on Brentfield Road.