Away in a manger... newborn left in Christmas nativity scene at New York church

For a short time on Monday afternoon, the Christmas manger at a New York City church could have passed for the real thing: A newborn baby, with the umbilical cord still attached, was abandoned there. Now, New York City police are searching for the person who left the child.

It was around 11.30am on Monday when a custodian at the Holy Child Jesus Church in the Richmond Hill section of Queens left the empty chapel to get lunch.

When he returned shortly after 1pm, he heard a baby crying, but saw no one else around.