Historic Philadelphia church vandalized, stained-glass windows shattered by rocks

PHILADELPHIA - An act of vandalism against a historic church in Philadelphia's Society Hill neighborhood is now being investigated by police.

Church officials say rocks shattered stained-glass windows and doors at Mother Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church on 6th Street.

The vandalism occurred between 4 and 5 a.m. on Monday, according to Leslie Tyler, the wife of the church's reverend.

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Several of the church's stained-glass windows could be seen boarded up by Monday afternoon.

Mother Bethel AME is the oldest African Methodist Episcopal congregation in the nation.

The act comes just about a month after a Holocaust monument was vandalized with a swastika in Center City.