A statue that sat outside the Luzerne County Courthouse for decades might be restored soon, 16 years after it was placed in storage following severe damage from vandalism.
By Mary Therese Biebel mbiebel@timesleader.com
Twin brothers Peter Baut and James Baut, who represent a fourth generation of craftsmen to work at The Baut Studios in Swoyersville, pose near a recently completed reliquary that will be a resting place for a First Class Relic of St. John Paul II.
Mary Therese Biebel | Times Leader
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The reliquary, which craftsmen at The Baut Studios in Swoyersville fashioned from a repurposed altar component, will display a First Class Relic of St. John Paul II at a church in Royersford, Montgomery County.