3 Statues taken from Church – 1 returned

Tuesday, February 4th, 2014

Luke is back but Mary is still missing.

A statue of St Luke stolen from St John Catholic Church a fortnight ago has been returned.

It’s also a year since a statue of Mary Magdalene was stolen from the same church.

Mary is still missing from her perch in the memorial gardens on Centreway Rd in Orewa.

She was taken some time within the weekend of January 24-27 last year.

Luke was found on Tuesday night.

Police recovered the statue of St Luke at 10.30pm from a Centreway Rd footpath. Continue reading

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