Police alerted after crematorium stones 'went missing' from church in 'act of sacrilege'

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hereLater, the church posted a further update thanking people for their support.Commenters on the post had hit out at the 'abhorrent' and 'disrespectful' incident.The church added: "Hi everyone.

Thanks for all your messages of support and concern, and our hearts go out to all those families who would have been upset by the news last night."The good news is that we have now located at least some of the stones in another part of the churchyard in bags and rucksacks (ready to be carted off, no doubt)."We have contacted the police and they are being stored for evidence, but we will get them re-installed as fast as we can."The church says it will check whether the stones removed were blank or whether they featured names of the deceased.Thieves.