safe haven Mother abandons child New York City A mother who left her newborn son at a New York City church will not face criminal charges for giving him up, a prosecutor said on November A custodian found the crying infant wrapped in towels in the nativity scene at the Holy Child Jesus Church in Queens, New York police said. Queens District Attorney Richard Brown said the mother would not be prosecuted because she gave up the child in accordance with the state's Safe Haven law. Reuters