A New York church maintenance worker discovered the baby after hearing its cries coming from the manger. A priest at the church called it a "Christmas miracle."

Father Christopher Heanue

The mother of a newborn baby discovered this week in a New York church's nativity scene was found two days later and will not be charged, officials said. A custodian for the Holy Child Jesus Church in Queens followed the cries of an infant coming from a nativity scene on Monday and found a baby laying in the manger with its umbilical cord still attached. Queens District Attorney Richard Brown said there will be no prosecution of the mother because she thought the baby would be safe in the church and "followed the spirit of New York's 'Safe Haven' Law," WABC-TV reported.

Brown added that the mother put the baby in the manger because she thought it was the warmest place in the church and returned the following day to make sure the infant was under proper care.

Father Christopher Heanue

The newborn, nicknamed "Baby Jesus," was found next to the Virgin Mary in the manger of the Christmas nativity scene. Jose Moran, 60, a maintenance worker for the church, discovered the baby after returning from lunch around 1 p.m. Monday. Moran told the New York Daily News that he was cleaning when he first heard the child cry. “I looked around and didn’t see anyone,” he said. “I followed the cries. I walked to the little nativity home we had installed inside the church... I couldn’t believe my eyes. The baby was wrapped in towels. He still had his umbilical cord. He was next to the Virgin (Mary).” Moran said that the church had finished erecting the nativity scene only an hour before "Baby Jesus" was found.

Father Christopher Heanue