Israeli police here have recovered the golden tiara stolen several weeks ago from the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Old Jerusalem.
In a ceremony today, Jerusalem Police Commissioner D. Bareli returned the ornament to Father Jean Joseph Ilio of the Franciscan Order which is the custodian of the church. Father Ilio immediately replaced the tiara on the head of the statue of the Virgin Mary, from which it had been taken in the theft. A silversmith in Ramat Gan received a reward of $170 from the police for providing the information which led to the recovery of the tiara.
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