Satanic ritual suspected

[Debi]

Satanic Ritual Rumors Surround Saint's Stolen Brain | Mysterious Universe

Italian police are reporting a strange crime related to the remains of Saint John Bosco, a 19th century priest and author known for his charitable work with the street children of Turin. After Bosco’s death in 1888, a large movement grew to have him canonized as a saint. Pope Pious XI canonized John “Don” Bosco in 1934, and an entire movement now carries on his legacy in educating underprivileged children throughout the world.

A part of Bosco’s brain was kept as a relic by the Catholic church and displayed in the basilica of Castelnuovo near Turin. Totally normal. Now, that brain has been stolen by thieves, and the Italian police say that black magic or a ransom conspiracy might be afoot.

Sure, they might just keep it in a jar, but at least the jar has this fancy birdhouse to live in.

According to Roman newspaper Il Messaggero, the theft likely occurred on the evening of Friday June 2nd as the church was closing. The church has been closed ever since, prompting Revered Moreno Filipetto, a spokesman for the Salesian religious order, to issue a curiously terse public statement:

The relic of St. Bosco has been stolen. To avoid hindering the ongoing police investigation, no other information will be provided.

For now, police have little leads; whoever the burglar was, they were able to steal the brain without breaking anything or leaving behind any evidence. Police believe the thief could have blended in with pilgrims come to pay their respects and quietly walked off with the brain as the church closed its doors for the night.

The investigation is being led by prosecutors in Asti, who believe the brain could have been stolen for use in some type of ransom plot or even in Satanic rituals. If the wax replica of Bosco’s body wakes up and starts speaking in dark, forgotten tongues older than the stars themselves, we’ll know which of the two this case turns out to be.

 

[Paintman]

f Friday June 2nd as the church was closing. The church has been closed ever since,

If this is correct, and not lost in translation, this maybe a church that was slated to close forever, and the parishioners are livid about it. I heard about the drama surrounding an Italian church like this. No source, definatly Italy, maybe Turin. The people didn't want to face the reality that the parish was poor and the church was several hundred years old and not physically safe anymore. I'll check around.
Ok, maybe a translation problem. The reliquary (a place where relics are kept) is:
Shock and outrage surround theft of St. John Bosco's brain
Local police have blocked off the area of the theft, and are reportedly checking for fingerprints and also reviewing video footage of both the church and the surrounding area at the time of the theft. For the moment, the Salesians have put up a sign saying “shrine in preparation” on the space where the reliquary had been preserved behind an altar.

Here is the church website. They are open. (This place is enormous. Wow. Lots going on.)
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[Paintman]

I found it ! Not the Saints brains, but an article that says the police recovered St. John Boscos brain fragments.
Stolen Brain Fragments Of St. Bosco Recovered

Fragments of the brain of popular Salesian saint have been discovered hidden inside a copper kettle in the kitchen of a man who told investigators he hoped to make a profit from selling its glass case. A reliquary containing the piece of the brain of the late 19th century founder of the Salesian order St. John Bosco was stolen from a small room behind the main altar in the basilica of Castelnuova, near Turin, on June 3, sometime after a visit by a group of pilgrims, and before church was locked up for the evening.

Detectives investigating the crime scene found fingerprints on the back of the altar as well as shoe prints around the glass case where the relic was housed and submitted them to the national Carabinieri forensics lab in Parma, where digital fingerprint identification technology found a match with a 42-year-old man with a prior criminal history living in Pinerolo, north of Turin.

 

[Debi]

I found it ! Not the Saints brains, but an article that says the police recovered St. John Boscos brain fragments.
Stolen Brain Fragments Of St. Bosco Recovered

Fragments of the brain of popular Salesian saint have been discovered hidden inside a copper kettle in the kitchen of a man who told investigators he hoped to make a profit from selling its glass case. A reliquary containing the piece of the brain of the late 19th century founder of the Salesian order St. John Bosco was stolen from a small room behind the main altar in the basilica of Castelnuova, near Turin, on June 3, sometime after a visit by a group of pilgrims, and before church was locked up for the evening.

Detectives investigating the crime scene found fingerprints on the back of the altar as well as shoe prints around the glass case where the relic was housed and submitted them to the national Carabinieri forensics lab in Parma, where digital fingerprint identification technology found a match with a 42-year-old man with a prior criminal history living in Pinerolo, north of Turin.

We're going to elevate your status to Detective Paintman! Good find!

 

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[Lynne]

I pictured a mishap, like the housekeeper or old priest knocking it off the shelf. Oops ! How do you explain that