Massachusetts High Court Blocks 2 Quincy Saint Statues at Public Safety HQ

3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Aug 26

An Aug. 20 ruling by Massachusetts’ highest court kept Quincy from installing two 10-foot statues of St. Michael and St. Florian outside its new public safety headquarters.
The court upheld a lower-court order from October 2025, finding the Catholic figures could be seen as government endorsement of one religion under the state constitution.
Quincy Mayor Thomas Koch and the Becket Fund say the statues were meant to honor police and firefighters, boost morale and commemorate first responders rather than promote faith.
Faith groups and taxpayers sued in May 2025 after the plan surfaced, while the ACLU and allied groups argued the oversized statues were overtly religious and the sole adornments on the building.
The ruling is preliminary, not final: the ACLU said merits litigation will continue in Superior Court, and Quincy says it will keep fighting to install the monuments.