Might be a spoiler but the orphic hammer deals massive damage to the pillars, it's kinda a big part of the boss fight that isn't hinted at, also if you rescue hope she has a divine intervention skill ready to go.
This fight got a lot of patches over the years, i remember being able to use Tasha's hideous laughter on Raphael the first times around but on my last playthrough I couldn't get it to work even by scum saving
You're asking a guy who got offended the cops didn't take a random suitcase with clothes and tape as evidence of a non existent case enough to call up a detective who probably just took the time to take the thing to a dumpster somewhere