Oh Jesus! New head on statue of Christ puts spotlight on Ontario church
A statue of baby Jesus got a facelift after it was vandalized in northern Ontario — and the result is turning heads.
The Ste. Anne des Pins parish in Sudbury, Ont., says the statue, which was beheaded by unknown vandals a year ago, was recently fitted with a temporary clay head crafted by a local artist.
The new head — a placeholder until the artist can sculpt a permanent replacement out of stone — has captured the attention of many in the parish and on social media.
Some online have compared the head, with its spiky clay crown, to a character on the popular cartoon “The Simpsons” or to the infamously botched restoration of a fresco of Jesus in Spain.