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Article: NEW YORK STATE SEN. DIAZ ISSUES STATEMENT ON IGLESIA EVANGELICAL REFUGIO DE SALVACION
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
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- September 9, 2009
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PATCHOGUE, N.Y., Sept. 5 -- New York State Sen. Ruben Diaz Sr, D-Bronx (32nd District), issued the following statement:
This past Tuesday night, the Iglesia Evangelical Refugio de Salvacion was burglarized. The criminals involved left a note on the altar of this church with anti-Hispanic comments.
This is not an isolated incident.
While this church was being vandalized, the Southern Poverty Law Center released a report that documents what is a serious problem in Patchogue, is a growing national problem.
Mark Potok, the director of the Intelligence Project of the Southern Poverty Law Center, begins the report with the following:
"Less than one year ago, on Nov. 8, 2008, Marcelo Lucero, an ...