The Associated Press

LOUISVILLE - Kentucky's largest church plans to focus on religious tolerance at upcoming services after several of its teenagers destroyed a Virgin Mary statue at an Indiana home.

Southeast Christian Church has disciplined a 24-year-old employee who supervised the campers at Country Lake Christian Retreat Center in Clark County, Ind., said spokeswoman Cindee Coffee. She did not identify the worker, who she described as "embarrassed and remorseful."

The staff member wrote a letter of apology to the statue's Catholic owner, John Barthold. He said he initially thought the vandalism in late June was a hate crime, but later decided not to press criminal charges.

Senior pastor Bob Russell planned to address the incident at weekend services and future staff meetings