Rieb admitted that he hit Award in the head with a six-pound brass chalice. He also recalled stomping on Award’s ribs while the victim lay on the floor.

His working-class parents scrimped and saved $1,800 to have his brass-and-silver version made. William Borders, the 13th Archbishop of Baltimore, blessed it at a private Mass.

Police are appealing for information to try to trace the owner of six mystery brass goblets which were found in a south of Scotland church. The items were discovered at St John's Church on Newall ...