RNZ reports Police said the alleged offence took place last Sunday morning and parts of the statue had been damaged.
A village source said the removal of Mary led to tension between members of the Si'ufaga parish and another parish of the Congregational Christian Church in the same district.
The minister of the Si'ufaga parish Reverend Opapo Soana'i was stripped of his pastoral duties recently by the Elders committee.
