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In addition, statues of angels on either side of the tabernacle ‘were decapitated and destroyed.’ BROOKLYN, New York (LifeSiteNews) — A tabernacle was ripped from the altar of a Catholic church in New York City and stolen after the consecrated hosts it contained were scattered over the altar. The outrage took place in the parish church of St. Augustine in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Father Frank Tumino, the pastor of St. Augustine and St. Francis Xavier Parish, said he had gone into the church at around 3.50 p.m. on Saturday afternoon to hear confessions when he discovered the altar damaged altar...