St. Augustine Catholic Church in the Park Slope neighborhood is the latest sacred edifice to be vandalized. The damaged altar of St. Augustine Catholic Church is seen in Brooklyn. (photo: DeSales ...

Thieves used power tools to cut through metal to steal an ornate late-19th-century tabernacle, valued at $2 million, at St. Augustine’s Church in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn. The altar of ...

Thieves targeted a $2 million, 18-carat gold tabernacle in a Catholic church this week. Courtesy of the Diocese of Brooklyn When the pastor of a Brooklyn Catholic church came into work Saturday, he ...

BROOKLYN, NY, UNITED STATES, February 5, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir, the internationally acclaimed gospel ensemble known for its ...

PARK SLOPE, Brooklyn (WABC) -- Parishioners and clergy at a Catholic Church in Park Slope are reeling from the brazen theft of the church's historic tabernacle, a centerpiece of the altar that holds ...

Someone apparently armed with a power saw broke into the church and walked off with the solid-gold, bejeweled tabernacle, the police said. By Ali Watkins When Father Frank Tumino entered the sanctuary ...