After a judge halted the installation of two 10-foot, bronze patron saint statues outside Quincy’s new public safety building, the mayor has gained an ally to move the statues somewhere else, but with a catch.

The animal rights nonprofit PETA’s faith outreach division LAMBS is offering to help cover the costs of the statues, with one request, Faith Outreach Coordinator Sarah McFarlane wrote to Mayor Thomas Koch last week. PETA wants the City of Quincy to add a third statue of St. Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals.

“Adding a statue of St. Francis would send a message of kindness toward all living, feeling beings and speak to the universal virtues of compassion and stewardship,” McFarlane wrote. It would honor not only the animals of Quincy but also the people who rescue, shel

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