A $50,000 reward -- yes, a $50,000 reward -- is being offered for its return.
Statues of angels flanking the tabernacle were decapitated and destroyed during the Memorial Day weekend heist, the church has saidA $50,000 reward is being offered for an"irreplaceable" religious artifact cut out of a Catholic church in Brooklyn during aThe pure 18-karat gold jeweled tabernacle, worth an estimated more than $2 million, was snatched from St. Augustine Roman Catholic Church in Park Slope. Its absence was discovered on Saturday, May 28.
While its estimated worth is high, church leaders say the tabernacle is mainly irreplaceable because of its historical and artistic value. Property damage was reported, too. The angels that flanked the relic were decapitated and destroyed. Investigators have said they think the thieves forced their way into the church, which was under construction, sometime between Thursday, May 26, and that Saturday. They then cut their way through a metal protective casing to remove the tabernacle.
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