A judge told Remus Tudorache, 27, that he could face deportation after admitting carrying out a string of devastating thefts in 2015, as well as being part of a gang which targeted others.

St Mary’s Church in Baconsthorpe, Norfolk, which dates back to the 13th Century, was the hardest hit as Tudorache targeted it twice – leaving locals fearing for its future.

A court heard his gang ripped lead worth £100,000 from its roof after the small band of parishioners fought for two years to raise £120,000 to fund vital restoration work.

In an impact statement, Corinne Youngs, secretary of Baconsthorpe Parochial Church Council, said the brutal blow had left the medieval church “crushed and devastated”.

Canon Paul Thomas, also from the church, said worshippers were “appalled and some were in tears” following the devastating raid after they’d worked so hard to help restore the church.

The villains were operating this year until the money-spinning racket was smashed when police swooped on four of the crooks after a chase near Wisbech, Cambs, a court heard.

Sentencing Tudorache at Norwich Crown Court, Judge Maureen Bacon said he’d been in an “organised, professional” operation.

Judge Bacon told the serial raider: “In one case it was so substantial it has affected whether the church can continue to be viable or whether it has to be closed.”

Tudorache, of Coventry, West Mids, helped by a Romanian interpreter in court, admitted conspiring to steal lead from church roofs…

It said – after theological reflection, expert input, and site visits to mine sites and communities over a one year period – NIBs have switched to a “Christian approach” to investment in the extractives industries.

It stated that it had key ethical concerns about the business conduct in extractive industries.

Its worries included management of risk, the effects of operations on communities and national economies, and operating standards.

The new policy acknowledges the positive contribution that mining can make to development.

However, it also highlights that extractives companies are particularly vulnerable to poor governance and ethical controversy, and harmful, long-lasting impacts on communities and the environment.

The new rules identifies human rights, social and economic concerns, health and safety, corruption and taxation, and environment and ecology, as ethical areas that should be considered in investments.

NIBs said it may pull out of investment companies that are unwilling or unable to uphold high standards that make the sectors more sustainable and responsible.

It said: “Disinvestment applies in cases where companies are unresponsive to investor concerns, require a disproportionate level of engagement and / or pose too great an ethical risk to warrant continued engagement.”

Commenting on the policy, Loretta Minghella, First Church Estates Commissioner, who manages the Church’s investments said: “This policy recognises that good economic…

The mezzo-soprano opera singer said in an interview with Hello! magazine that she expected to marry someone that lived near to her in her local church.

She said: “Life is not always what you expect it to be and when you find somebody that you fall in love with, it’s amazing what you’re willing to change.

“If I’m talking to a girlfriend who’s just met someone and they’re not exactly how she’d thought, I remind her, ‘I thought I’d get married in my local church to somebody from home.”

The 37-year-old has a two-year-old daughter with her husband, filmmaker Andrew Levitas.

While she did get married in her hometown parish church of St David’s Church in Neath, where she first learnt to sing, marrying a New Yorker was unexpected.

She said: “But I’ve married this guy from New York and we live in a way I never imagined.

The classical star also revealed she was surprised to”feel so chilled and relaxed about life” and said she would love to have another baby.

She added: “My husband and I love being parents and Aaliyah makes us so happy. She’s fun, kind and affectionate – and a mummy’s girl.”