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Islington Tribune - by SARA NEWMAN
Published: 25 April 2008

Fr Martin with Sister Jean Mary and the recovered items.

Police raid results in return of church’s (dented) chalice

ARTICLES stolen from churches have been recovered after a police raid.
In a series of burglaries last year, an antique set of keys was stolen from the Church of Our Most Holy Redeemer in Exmouth Street, Clerkenwell, and a CD player taken from St Peter and Paul Church, in Amwell Street, Clerkenwell.
A gold-plated chalice given to Father Robert Martin by his parents when he was ordained went missing from St Paul’s Church Centre, in Harringay, along with a plate used during the celebration of the Eucharist.
Fr Martin said: “When I got it back there was a little dent on the bottom of the chalice. Sister Jean Mary decided we should keep it with the dent in.”
David Daly, 51, of Skinner Street, Finsbury, faces three burglary charges. A pre-trial hearing will take place at Blackfriars Crown Court on May 13.

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