Friday, April 8, 2011

Parishioners shattered by window thefts


From Canada-
Every Sunday Wendy Crooks hauls her suitcase to St. Paul's Anglican Church in Dunany and unpacks the cross, brass candle holders and collection plates in preparation for the service, only to pack them back up again for another week after the parishioners have gone home.

Extraordinary measures to ensure someone doesn't break into the tiny rural church near Lachute and take them. And yet overnight on Monday someone, or several people, broke into the church and stole the only thing of value left: a three foot by seven foot stained glass window of the church's namesake.

The parishioners were devastated at the loss, but they were also perplexed. Who would do such a thing and why? Little did they know it was the second time in a week a rural Anglican church was targeted and stripped of its stained glass.

Read more:

http://www.montrealgazette.com/life/Parishioners+shattered+window+thefts/4579402/story.html#ixzz1IvkfoyiJ

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