They will now have to answer to Jesus.
An 8-foot statue of Jesus that was stolen from the cross at the Church of the Messiah on Detroit’s east side was found in an alley near the church.
The Rev. Barry Randolph said Patricia Bower, a woman who lives in the neighborhood, decided to take a shortcut home and found Jesus “in a bush, between two trees” Wednesday night.
Randolph and a church member went to pick up Jesus and found the green-hued, weather-beaten statue with only a hand missing.
“We are truly grateful,” Randolph said Thursday.