Archbishop Cordileone: 'We will make our voices heard' after Serra statue vandalism charges downgraded

(OSV News) -- San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone said he is 'disturbed but not surprised' that charges against vandals who toppled a saint's statue at a California parish have been downgraded.In a May 25 announcement, Marin County District Attorney Lori Frugoli reduced charges of felonies to misdemeanors for five defendants accused of destroying a statue of St. Junipero Serra at St. Rafael Catholic Church, home to the historic Mission San Rafael, in San Rafael, California, almost t

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