Police have arrested a 20-year-old found with a ceremonial chalice from St. Helen’s church in Queens. Theodore Kurplewski was picked up at his home, just a few blocks from the holy house, and charged with burglary, possession of stolen property, and criminal mischief, reports the Post . A month ago two chalices—together worth $11,000—went missing from the church. One, worth $10,000 has now been recovered . Rev. Robert Keighron noted that the thief was unlikely to get much for the gold cup since his name was carved in the bottom of it. “The value to [the robbers], I don’t understand,” he told the Queens Courier . “It would seem very hard to sell.”

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Alleged Church Chalice Thief Cuffed