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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Josh Marcus

$2m tabernacle made of solid gold is stolen from Brooklyn church

Diocese of Brooklyn

A thief ransacked a New York City church and made with a $2m, solid gold tabernacle over the weekend, according to police.

Some time between Thursday and Saturday afternoon, when Brooklyn’s St Augustine Roman Catholic Church was under construction with its security cameras off, the priceless 19th century artifact was sawed out of the church’s alter, as the thief scattered holy items throughout the sanctuary and even beheaded an angel statue.

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