During the night of September 24 to 25, unknown perpetrators broke into the sacristy, forced open a tabernacle and stole the 100 year-old silver objects which had been used for baptisms for decades. The community published pictures, hoping that the meaningful objects would be found. This had been the third break-in since June.
"Generations of residents in Kapellen [part of Grevenbroich town] have been baptized with them [the objects] since 1928," said the priest Meik Schirpenbach.