8/4/15
by News Department on 08/04/15
The 14 Stations of the Cross were stolen Saturday from the chapel walls at St. John the Baptist Church, 915 Mahantongo St., in Pottsville.
The Republican Herald reports that according to a police report from the Pottsville police Monday, officers were dispatched to the church at 2:17 p.m. Saturday.
The Rev. David Loeper told police that someone had stolen the 14 plaster wall hangings as well as two crystal candle sticks and a painted statue.
Police said that preliminary evidence suggests that they entered the church through an unlocked door between 10:30 a.m. and noon Saturday and left the building toward Howard Avenue.
Anyone with information regarding this crime is asked to call Pottsville police at 570-622-1234, extension 332.
