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$15,000 reported stolen from Ukrainian Catholic church in Canada

20.01.2015, 11:39
$15,000 in cash and donation cheques was reported stolen from an Oakville church earlier this month.

$15,000 in cash and donation cheques was reported stolen from an Oakville church earlier this month.

According to a security video, a man entered the administrative office at St. Joseph’s Ukrainian Catholic Church at about 1:22 p.m. on Jan. 7.

Police say the building at 300 River Oaks Blvd. E. was open that day because a daycare runs out of the church basement, but the office itself had been locked.

“That’s never happened before,” said Fred Shlapak, vice-chair of the church’s board of directors, who noted that the cash was stolen during Ukrainian Christmas: “That’s the lousiest part.”

Shlapak said churchgoers had attended St. Joseph’s Christmas mass the morning before the cash and donations were reported stolen.