Security fears as church pew stolen

Mystery surrounds the removal of a heavy church pew from a church at Ballymacelliggott — a sprawling rural parish between Tralee and Castleisland.

The theft of the four-seater pew from the choir area of the Church of the Immaculate Conception, one of two churches serving the parish, was not noticed until after Mass last Sunday week. This is because the area in question, an upper balcony, is rarely used.

Parishioners were told last Sunday in their newsletter that the pew was missing.