$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.