Visitors of the Mission San Luis Obispo may notice something missing this morning. The statue of Saint Junipero Serra was removed from the grounds of the Mission yesterday. According to a statement by the Diocese of Monterey, who owns the mission property, the statue was removed to protect it from possible vandalism. According to KEYT, the decision came shortly after statues of St. Junipero Serra were torn down in Los Angeles and San Francisco, the San Francisco statue being decapitated by protesters and covered in red paint.
