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Wharton County Church Vandalized

True Holiness Pentecostal Church Damaged Monday Night

POSTED: Thursday, July 16, 2009
UPDATED: 8:18 am CDT July 16, 2009

Vandals caused thousands of dollars worth of damage to a Wharton County church, KPRC Local 2 reported Thursday.

Ministers of the True Holiness Pentecostal Church said they discovered their sanctuary had been ransacked after Monday night's service.

"We've been a pillar of the community here for over 30-something years," The Rev. Lee Kimble said. "For somebody to enter the establishment and do this … I was just appalled. I looked around and I saw … my first expression was just how am I going to tell my pastor this?"

The walls had several holes, the entrance was destroyed, windows were broken and pictures in the office were destroyed.

The church did not have a security system.

Wharton County detectives declined to comment on the investigation.
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