The church was closed for construction at the time. Camera recordings from the church’s security system were also stolen, the pastor said.
Police say someone busted into the altar at a New York City church, stole a $2 million gold relic and removed the head from a statue of an angel.St. Augustine’s Roman Catholic ChurchThe church was closed for construction at the time. Camera recordings from the church’s security system were also stolen, the church’s pastor said.The diocese said the thief or thieves cut through a metal protective casing and made off with a tabernacle dating to the church’s opening in the 1890s.
This image provided by the New York City Police Department shows a tabernacle in St. Augustine's Roman Catholic Church in Brooklyn’s Park Slope neighborhood in New York, which was stolen between Thursday, May 26, 2022 and Saturday, May 28, 2022. The tabernacle, a box containing Holy Communion items, was made of 18-carat gold and decorated with jewels, police and the diocese said. It’s valued at $2 million.
Angel statues flanking the tabernacle were decapitated and destroyed, the diocese said. A safe in the sacristy, where priests prepare for Mass, was also cut open but nothing was inside.
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