$2M Gold Tabernacle Stolen from Brooklyn Parish Church

On May 30, 2022

18-karat gold jeweled tabernacle that was stolen from St. Augustine's Roman Catholic Church in Brooklyn. (Photo: NYPD)

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NEW YORK, NY – The NYPD is investigating after an 18-karat gold jeweled tabernacle worth more than $2M was stolen from a Brooklyn church.

According to the NYPD, burglars broke into St. Augustine’s Roman Catholic Church in Park Slope sometime between May 26 and May 28 and forcefully cut open an alter.
Once the thieves were inside, they stole the pure 18-karat gold bejeweled tabernacle.

The tabernacle, which is reportedly over a century old, houses the Holy Eucharist, the sacramental representation of Jesus Christ.

In addition, police say the thieves beheaded a statue of an angel nearby.

Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).