Anchor Bar manager Vaughn Derderian says the image of Monsignor Clement Kern has been part of the family for more than 30 years.
“That’s something that belongs to us. It’s something that really means something to us as people. You can’t just go out to the corner store and pick up another pictures of Monsignor Kern,” Derderian said.
Kern spent four decades at Holy Trinity Church and died in the early 80s. But his name and picture lives on at the bar, displayed on a street sign and in black and white pictures. The Anchor, a downtown Detroit landmark, has raised money for Holy Trinity for years.
A group of men captured on surveillance video are thought to be responsible for taking the picture while in town for a baseball game. They walked over to the bar from the DoubleTree hotel.
