[CPProt.net] Antiques stolen from churches

[MSN CPPnet (Ton Cremers)]

Antiques stolen from churches
July 21, 2005

ANTIQUES valued at more than $12,000 have been stolen from two Adelaide
churches, police said today.

Among the items stolen from churches in Adelaide's north and east were
lecterns and a mahogany pedestal, police said.
Police believe the initial theft, at the Christ Church in North Adelaide,
happened between 1pm and 4.30pm (CST) on Tuesday.
Thieves stole an oak lectern valued at $7000, a $2000 table and a Canon's
oak chair, also valued at $2000. All items were more than 100 years old.
Also stolen from the inner north church was a mahogany pedestal valued at
$1200.

Yesterday, a brass lectern of undisclosed value was stolen from St
Theodore's Church in Toorak Gardens in the eastern suburbs.
Police said that theft happened between 10am and 3pm (CST) yesterday.