Tabernacle desecrated, consecrated hosts stolen from Costa Rica church

CNA, ACI Prensa Staff: A church in northern Costa Rica was desecrated Oct. 19 when unknown vandals broke open a tabernacle and stole consecrated hosts and various liturgical objects, reported the Diocese of Ciudad Quesada.

“In the early hours of the morning, caretakers of the St. Rose of Lima Parish, Pocosol, noticed that sound equipment, sacred vessels, and a monstrance had been stolen,” said a statement from the diocese published Oct. 19.

“The tabernacle was forced open and consecrated hosts were taken,” the statement said.

Report is here.