Dauphin RCMP are investigating a break-in and theft at a church near Sifton.
When the groundskeepers for the Sacred Heart Parish in Zoria, Manitoba came to work on Tuesday morning, they noticed a cross out of place in the cemetery. That realization led them to discover that the church had been ransacked.
Thieves made away with a number or gold-plated crucifixes and candle holders, they even stole the tops of the gold-plated flag poles.
The Ukrainian Catholic Church was about to host its once-a-year service on July 14th. The church was built in 1938 on the site of a church that stood before it. Its congregation doesn't have the numbers it used to, so the community holds fundraisers to keep the church standing.
Dauphin RCMP are investigating the break-in and asking church members to make an itemized list of the stolen items.
