A paint-bomb attack on a controversial Christmas billboard will not stop the church from continuing its campaign, church leaders said yesterday.
A replacement has been ordered after the billboard was defaced about six hours after it was put up outside St Matthew-in-the-City in Auckland.
The image depicts the Virgin Mary and her betrothed, Joseph, in bed together.
A person was seen defacing the image just after 4pm yesterday, covering Mary’s face, Joseph’s face and the slogan that read: “Poor Joseph. God was a hard act to follow.”
Church leaders at St Matthew’s said the point of the image was to get people thinking about the Christmas story.

