QUINCY ‒ In the dispute between the city and the ACLU of Massachusetts over two bronze statues of St. Michael and St. Florian for the public safety headquarters, the ACLU has sent Quincy an ...

The 10-foot tall bronze statues depict St. Michael the Archangel and St. Florian, the patron saints of police and firefighters. Quincy Mayor Tom Koch says their combined cost is $850,000.

Koch, who the Ledger reported in 2018 is a devout Catholic, previously said he doesn’t view the statues “specifically as religious” during a radio interview on AM Quincy in February.

QUINCY ‒ Two religious statues slated to adorn Quincy's new public safety building are "a very straightforward violation of our state constitution," according to an attorney for the ...

Quincy residents file lawsuit to halt installation of two religious statues at new police building. Timothy Nazzaro. Tue, May 27, 2025 at 11:58 PM UTC. 1 min read.

Local residents backed by the American Civil Liberties Union are asking a judge to stop a Massachusetts mayor from erecting statues of two Catholic saints on a city’s new public safety building ...

According to the lawsuit, the plan, which was created by Quincy Mayor Thomas Koch, "promotes one religion over others, and religion over nonreligion, violating the Massachusetts Constitution." ...

The statues send a message that the Quincy government favors one faith above all others. This flagrantly violates our state constitution.” “Mayor Koch is abusing the power of his government office to ...

The two large statues are of Catholic saints, with one stepping on a devil’s head. A multi-faith group in the city filed the lawsuit to stop the statues from being installed at the entrance of ...