A gold tabernacle decorated with jewels — worth an estimated $2 million — was stolen from a Catholic church in Brooklyn over Memorial Day weekend and police are now on the hunt for who carried out the carefully planned heist.
A $2 million tabernacle, seen in this undated photo from the NYPD, was stolen from the Saint Augustine Roman Catholic Church on Friday, May 27, 2022.A gold tabernacle decorated with jewels -- worth an estimated $2 million -- was stolen from a Catholic church in Brooklyn over Memorial Day weekend and police are now on the hunt for who carried out the carefully planned heist.
The burglars broke into Saint Augustine Roman Catholic Church in Park Slope and cut through the metal case protecting the tabernacle. A sculpture of an angel had its head knocked off when someone broke into the Saint Augustine Roman Catholic Church in Brooklyn, N.Y., and stole a golden tabernacle, Friday, May 27, 2022.A statue of an angel beside the tabernacle was also decapitated, authorities said.
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