A County Laois based priest has warned funeral goers to be careful of
valuables left in parked cars following a number of thefts during
funerals in the county.
Speaking from the pulpit, Mountmellick Parish Priest Fr Frances
McNamara revealed that there have been five thefts from cars parked at
Saint Joseph's church in the town while funerals have been taking
place.
Calling on people to be vigilant, he said, “I urge people not to
leave valuables visible in their cars because of the number of thefts
which are taking place.”
He also urged people to be on the alert for “any suspicious elements”
that may be hanging around churches in the area in recent times.
As well as the Mountmellick burglaries, parked cars have also been
broken into at Saint Patrick's Church in Portarlington while a brick was
thrown through the front window of a parked jeep belonging to a woman
who was attending a funeral at Saint Peter and Paul's Church in
Portlaoise.
According to Fr McNamara, extra vigilance was particularly need at this time of year.
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