Posted on 12/07/2014 1:09:14 PM PST by Morgana
So much for the seventh commandment.
Unholy crooks better pray the big man upstairs wasn’t watching when they swiped a 5-by-3 foot crucifix from a Bronx church during services on Wednesday.
The $5,000 German-made wooden cross was lifted from the lobby of Padau Roman Catholic Church — near a sign proclaiming, “Jesus wants all of us to come to him” — between 6:30 p.m. and 8 p.m., police sources said.
“I’m distressed. That crucifix means so much to the people here … I’ve never seen anything like this,” said Josu Iriondo, 75, pastor of the church on East 166th Street near Prospect Avenue.
The shameless sinners likely planned the heist ahead of time — unscrewing bolts that attached the crucifix to a wall before returning to snatch it while parishioners were deep in prayer, Iriondo said.
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Just...when you THOUGHT you;d seen everything....
That would be “St. Anthony of Padua Roman Catholic Church.”
The cruci wasn’t effectively fixed...
Seriously, I hope it is recovered; what happens to the perps is up to the church.
Here’s their web page. The pastor, not given a title in the Post article, is a Bishop, presumably from somewhere in Latin America. Groups from my parish used to go to the Hispanic Catholic Charismatic Center there, before Brother Roberto was deported.
Kind of a weak pun, there.
Has anybody checked the local pawn shops?
Some work well, some less well. A pun a day keep something away, though I'm not sure just what.
It was worth the effort. I’m surprised I noticed, actually. I usually miss humor completely.
Why?
“snatch it while parishioners were deep in prayer”
http://www.amazon.com/Pray-With-Your-Eyes-Open/dp/0875523781
I blame antique/vintage collectors. It’s pretty hot among collectors to get their hands on religious objects because of their beauty. For many years, I collected religious artifacts as well - but never sold them off.
Of course, the antique market is doing poorly these days, so who knows?
When I was a kid churches were open 24/7 now their locked up tight as a drum and some of them you can’t get into unless you know someone in the congregation and it’s all because of scum like these.
A few years ago, on a Friday night before Christmas, some men backed up a truck to the door of our suburban church and started carrying out presents we’d collected for the refugee ministry. Fortunately, we have a homeless mission at our church on Friday nights in the winter, and our people ran the thieves off before they loaded more than a couple of things.
I’m sure this was a regular thing for them: going around churches Christmastime, when they’re unlocked because things are going on, but maybe nobody’s watching the area where gifts are being collected.
"God and our video cameras are watching you."
That might have stopped them, eh?
Prayers up for this parish.
Still trying to wrap my mind around how deep in prayer someone could be for so long as to have someone steal something that big in front of every one.
Either they were sleeping instead of praying, or there was something in that incense......
The crucifix was in the church lobby. Mass, probably with music, was going on the sanctuary, most likely with a set of doors in between.
I was thinking of the crucifix that was hanging in the front of the sanctuary.
That clears up a lot.
Hispanic Charismatics can get pretty intense in prayer, but it’s not claimed the thieves walked right through the service and lifted the crucifix in front of everyone. This was a big, historic crucifix hanging in the lobby.
The article wasn’t very clear, even got the name of the church wrong.
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