Vestments stolen from priest’s car as he said Mass

A priest yesterday appealed to smash-and-grab thieves to return altar vessels and vestments stolen from his car while he said Mass.

Fr Kevin McNamara said a silver chalice, ciborium and the vestments, embroidered by his late mother, were of huge sentimental value to him.

Thieves broke a side window in his car parked outside the Church of the Most Holy Rosary, Gneeveguilla, Co Kerry. They snatched the items, which were in a case on a back seat.