Easter Offering Stolen
(N.Z.P.A -Reuter —Copyright) ROCHELLE PARK (New Jersey), April 16. The Easter collection of the Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church in Rochelle Park was stolen by armed robbers who help up two priests in the church’s rectory, police said yesterday, the Associated Press reported. The amount stolen was not divulged, but police said it was "considerable.” The bandits, two men wearing white masks and armed with pistols, entered the rectory late last night as Father Roland Burke and Father Jerome Gallagher were watching television and forced them to open the safe.
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Press, Volume CII, Issue 30108, 17 April 1963, Page 11
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93Easter Offering Stolen Press, Volume CII, Issue 30108, 17 April 1963, Page 11
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