Man Accused of Stealing Artifacts for Home Chapel
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COVENTRY, R.I. — A “deeply religious” man was charged Friday with keeping thousands of dollars worth of artifacts stolen from area churches in a “chapel” in his home where he apparently conducted his own services, police said.
William Silva, 22, of Coventry surrendered at the town police station. Some of the items included vestments, gold-lined chalices, crucifixes, a bronzed coffin, mortuary equipment, church kneelers, Latin prayer plaques and a crimson skullcap.
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