Priest catches man breaking into church’s ‘poor box,’ Philadelphia police say

The search continues for a suspect wanted for burglarizing a church in Philadelphia’s Chestnut Hill section.

Video released by police on Tuesday morning shows the Dec. 20 break-in at Our Mother of Consolation Church on Chestnut Hill Avenue.

Detectives say the priest, who lives above the church, heard a loud noise. When he went to investigate, he saw the man breaking into the “poor box.”…

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