A mother who left
her newborn son in a manger at a New York City church will not face criminal
charges for giving him up, a prosecutor said on Wednesday.
A custodian on Monday found
the crying infant with his umbilical cord still attached wrapped in towels and
placed in the indoor nativity scene at the Holy Child Jesus Church in Queens,
New York police said.
The baby's mother was located
by police and Queens District Attorney Richard Brown said on Wednesday she
would not be prosecuted because she gave up the child in accordance with the
state's “Safe Haven” law.
“It appears that the mother,
in this case, felt her newborn child would be found safely in the church and
chose to place the baby in the manger because it was the warmest place,” Brown
said in a statement.
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