Chapter President Chris Osborne told CNN by phone the house was broken into while members were away and the damage was discovered early Sunday. “There was laundry detergent dumped on religious texts, specifically a Jewish Torah,” he said.
“We believe it was an act of anti-Semitism,” Osborne told CNN. “There was a Christian Bible and a Jewish Torah in the room, and only the Jewish Torah was vandalized. I believe it was a hate crime.”
“I want to be clear: I condemn all such acts of antisemitism and all forms of hatred, discrimination, and bias in our community,” said President Thomas LeBlanc. “Any act of antisemitism is an attack on the entire GW community and cannot, and will not, be tolerated.”
CNN reached out to the DC Metropolitan Police Department.
The fraternity asked the local chapter of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) to look into the incident.