Pierre Schwing has been the caretaker of the cemetery for 25 years and says every few months, some one desecrates a grave site.

Schwing says he's never actually caught anyone red-handed, but he suspects the damage is being done by teenagers. He also says it's common to find homeless people sleeping and living between the tombs.

This problem has even affected Schwing's family. A few years ago his parents' grave sites were destroyed.

Pierre Schwing/St. Peter's Cemetery: I feel like the rest of the people who have been affected. It's a very terrible thing to do. No respect for the dead...

The front of the cemetery is protected by a large iron gate. But, this doesn't do any good when the rest of the cemetery is surrounded by a four-foot fence.

Schwing says at one point, the church did think about putting a high fence or brick wall around the entire cemetery, but he says that costs money, money the church doesn't have.

Nicole Murray, TV 10 Eyewitness News