NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — A thief used power tools to break into the altar of a Brooklyn church to steal a tabernacle and jewelry worth millions, authorities said.
The burglary happened sometime between Thursday night and Saturday evening at St. Augustine's Roman Catholic Church on 116 6th Ave. in Park Slope, police said.
The burglar used tools to forcibly cut open the altar which was protected by three-inch steel doors and take a pure 18 karat gold tabernacle with jewels worth about $2,000,000, according to officials.
Cops said a marble statue of an angel at the church was also damaged with the thief removing its head.
The doors of the church were broken to get out but it remains unclear how the thief got inside.
Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).
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