Thursday, 29 January 2009

Theft from St Mary's

The good news is that the church is going to keep the doors open for anyone to come in to pray, light a candle, or just look around. It would have been so easy after this to lock the doors.
The brass incense boat with spoon and brass sacring bells, which are rung at the moment of Communion when the bread and wine are elevated over the altar, were both in the altar sanctuary. They were discovered to be missing when Fr Richard went in for Evensong.
I could understand someone stealing candlesticks, but these items could only be used for a communion service in a High Anglican or Roman Catholic church - they can't exactly be easy to sell on, if that's what the thief wants to do.

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