Ohio's Jesus statue is latest religious statue to be struck by lightning By Monica Hesse and Dan Zak Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, June 16, 2010 It appears God has sacrificed his only son. Again. A bolt struck a 62-foot-tall statue of Jesus Christ on Monday outside a church in Monroe, Ohio, and the statue erupted in flames. All that remains is a charred steel skeleton, its spindly arms stretched toward heaven, a gesture that once earned it the nickname "Touchdown Jesus."
