Man Accused of Stealing Artifacts for Home Chapel

A “deeply religious” man was charged Friday with keeping thousands of dollars worth of artifacts stolen from area churches in a “chapel” in his home where he apparently conducted his own services, police said.

William Silva, 22, of Coventry surrendered at the town police station. Some of the items included vestments, gold-lined chalices, crucifixes, a bronzed coffin, mortuary equipment, church kneelers, Latin prayer plaques and a crimson skullcap.