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An investigation is underway after someone vandalized the mural on a church cemetery wall in Bridgeton.

A pastor discovered it over the weekend.

The mural was created last spring to beautify the wall which was marred with graffiti a year ago.

Bridgeton Police are investigating vandalism at a church cemetery.

The pastor of one of the parishes it belongs to discovered it and has a message for whoever did it.

What they're saying:

A once beautiful mural on a wall of St. Mary's Cemetery on Penn Street in Bridgeton is now tagged with blue and black spray paint.

"As I was walking around praying the rosary in town, I came upon it on Saturday," said Father Matthew Weber, who is the pastor of the Parish of the Holy Cross in Bridgeton.

"I just felt really bad about it," he said. "T

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