$2 Million Relic Stolen, Angel Statue Beheaded at Brooklyn Church

$2 Million Relic Stolen, Angel Statue Beheaded at Brooklyn Church
A missing tabernacle and damaged angel statue in St. Augustine's Roman Catholic Church in Brooklyn’s Park Slope neighborhood in New York, which was stolen between May 26, 2022 and May 28, 2022. NYPD via AP
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NEW YORK—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 at some point late last week.

The incident happened between 6:30 p.m. Thursday and 4 p.m. Saturday at St. Augustine’s Roman Catholic Church, known as the “Notre Dame” of Brooklyn’s Park Slope neighborhood.