On 20 December, it was reported that all the figures - Mary, Joseph, animals and the Infant Jesus - were missing from the nativity scene next to the church in Tunbridge, Wales.
Pastor John McClintock said he was shocked and disappointed by the incident. Church member Nancy Chapman, who grew up in Tunbridge says the theft is actually an attack on religious beliefs: "Our hope is that they suddenly appear back here someplace, even if it’s behind the parish house and just left here."
Source: wcax