The Carmel Pine Cone

September 25, 2015 The Carmel Pine Cone 11A
SERRA STATUE VANDALIZED ON DAY OF CANONIZATION CEREMONY
By MARY SCHLEY
THE MORNING of Junipero Serra’s canonization Sept.
23, residents at the north end of Carmel awakened to see
famous local sculptor Jo Mora’s statue of Serra vandalized
with black paint and eggs. By the time police got to the scene
of the crime at the intersection of Serra and Camino del
Monte — which marks the north entrance to the city — nearby
resident Glen Mozingo had already cleaned much of the
paint and debris off the sculpture.
“I worked on the statue for about two hours and removed
most of the black paint,” he said. “However, the statue will
need to be completely redone,” because when he cleaned off
the vandals’ paint, he also removed the brown paint of Serra’s
robe.
Mozingo is vice president of the Carmel Woods
Association, which keeps the small park area of the Serra
statue clean, decorates it with pumpkins and poinsettias during
the holidays, and takes care of the general appearance of
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PHOTO/KERRY BELSER
Jo Mora’s sculpture of Junipero Serra, who became a saint
Wednesday, needs a new paint job after vandals doused it with
black paint, which was quickly removed — along with the rest of the
paint on the sculpture.
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