Tabernacle with consecrated hosts stolen from South Carolina church

Published: 2005-07-29

LAKE CITY, S.C. (CNS) -- A locked tabernacle filled with consecrated hosts was stolen along with other items during a break-in at St. Philip the Apostle Church in Lake City in early July, and the theft has left parishioners feeling that their faith has been attacked, according to the pastor. "They have desecrated our belief," Father Michael C. Okere told The Catholic Miscellany, newspaper of the Diocese of Charleston. The priest said that the thief or thieves also took a computer from the church office, some change and other items from his desk, a sound system and a microwave from the kitchen where weekly meals for migrant families are prepared. Also, a window and an interior door were broken. As of July 29, no suspects had been identified.

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