PITTSBURGH — A Roman Catholic church says the mystery of its missing pipe organ has been solved.
Police said Monday the church’s former organist confessed he removed it last week for safekeeping.
The massive 200-pipe instrument went missing after St. Justin’s closed last month when it merged with another parish.
The church’s pastor, Father Michael Stumpf, says taking the organ was an imprudent and terrible mistake but not a criminal one so the church is choosing to forgive and not press charges.
