Thieves break into Omaha church, take brass worship items

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) – Thieves broke into St. Vincent of Lerins Church near 51st and Lake late Saturday night into early Sunday morning, taking brass items used in worship and leaving damage throughout the building, the church’s priest said.

The Rev. Theodore Eklund said the burglars got in by breaking glass and kicked their way into the parish hall.

“So we have the broken glass, and so they kicked through here, and that got them out into the parish hall,” Eklund said. “And then they just kind of spread out from there, looking for anything that was metal.”

What was taken

The thieves took about half a dozen chalices, brass candle holders and one set of bells, Eklund said…

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