Ukrainian refugees.Police are hunting the crooks responsible for breaking into the Church of St Nicholas the Wonderworker in Oxford and making off with money collected for families displaced by Russia's war on Ukraine.
Photos shared by Archpriest Stephen Platt show the mess left behind by thieves who emptied boxes and files surrounding the altar scattered on the floor in their search for riches.
Archpriest Stephen's post on Facebook has been commented on over 400 times by sympathetic members of the public and liked by well over 1,000 people.He described the burglary in the early hours of Saturday morning as leaving behind a "great deal of damage" which Thames Valley Police is investigating.
Archpriest Stephen said: "I am sorry to announce that during the early hours of Saturday 12th March, the Church of St Nicholas the Wonderworker in Oxford suffered a break-in."What was taken however appears to be inconsistent with a supposed desire to maximise the profits of crime.
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