A total of €20,000 – collected during a church fundraiser – have been reported stolen from the home of an 81 year old priest in Larnaca.
The priest reported the incident at around 10pm on Tuesday night at Athienou police station. The priest told police officers that the stolen amount had been cash accumulated in cash donations at his local church.
He alleged, that woman aged around 40 and a younger man sporting a pony tail said to be aged between 18 and 21, visited his home while he was out at around 5pm. They were both welcomed by the priest’s 83-year-old wife who said that she wanted to be blessed.
While both women were in the living room, the young man asked to go to the toilet but later returned complaining of stomach pains and that he wanted to go to a doctor. They then left the housein a red salon car.
Upon his return home a little before 10pm, the priest noticed two bags missing from his draw in the bedroom. The bags contained cash – sum in pound sterling and others in Australian dollars.
The money had been raised during a church fundraiser to purchase an icon for the local church in Troulles.
Police are currently on the lookout for the man and woman who had reportedly visited his home.
