MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A 45-year-old Maple Grove man has been charged with vandalizing a Maple Grove church, writing anti-gay marriage slogans and bible verses on the building.
Lonny Lloyd Roseland, who’s wheelchair-bound, was charged with third-degree damage to property and disorderly conduct, both misdemeanor offenses.
According to the complaint, Pilgrims United Church, an institution supporting gay marriage located at 8801 Rice Lake Road, was vandalized four times. VIDEO
Video surveillance footage of a man in a wheelchair and a canvas sweep of the neighborhood led police to the home Roseland. The wheelchair-bound man admitted that he vandalized the church using colored crayons and eggs.
He said he has a bias toward gay marriage and that “any church that recognizes gays can be married in the eyes of God is not a church but a cult.”