School scuffle over Virgin Mary statue

A caretaker was left visibly shaken and suffered a cut to his neck after the attempted removal of a statue of the Virgin Mary at a school sparked a scuffle with a teacher.

The computer science and maths teacher was sanctioned by his superiors after the pair had a confrontation after the teacher removed the Virgin Mary statue on a makeshift “May Altar’ erected by the caretaker at the entrance to the school.

As a result of the flashpoint, the caretaker, in his 60s, was left visibly shaken, sustained a cut to his neck, and bruising to his hand.