‘Sanctuary’ church puts up $15K bail to free migrant accused in Times Square police beatdown

The sole migrant who had been held behind bars for the gang attack on two NYPD cops in Times Square is now also free after an activist Brooklyn priest posted his $15,000 bail, The Post has learned.

Yohenry Brito, 24, who was being held at Rikers Island on the Jan. 27 cop attack and is due to be arraigned on an assault indictment this week, walked out of jail Tuesday after Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Bay Ridge put up the money, the church’s pastor said.

“Our church is basically a sanctuary,” the Rev. Juan Ruiz told The Post on Wednesday. “We assume that people are innocent until they are proven otherwise.”

Ruiz also cited “the politically charged context” surrounding the case against Brito and the other migrants accused of ganging up on the cops, adding that “there is a lot more than what is being publicized.

“Sanctuary gives you that kind of breathing space.”

Migrant teen charged in Times Square shooting ‘needs to pay,’ his aunt says

The suspect isn’t staying at the church now that he is out, according to the pastor.

Brito, a Venezuelan migrant, is one of seven migrants charged in the shocking caught-on-video attack on an NYPD lieutenant and a police officer in Times Square.

Five of them — Yorman Reveron, 24; Jhoan Borada, 22; Wilson Juarez, 21; Darwin Andres Gomez-Izquiel, 19; and Kelvin Servita Arocha, 19 — were charged with assault on a police officer and obstructing governmental investigation and were released without bail.

A seventh suspect in the gang attack, 18-year-old Yarwuin Madris, was arrested this week and also charged — and became only the second member of the migrant mob jailed.

Madris was arraigned in Manhattan Criminal Court on assault charges on Wednesday and ordered held without bail.

Sources said last week that four of the migrants had hopped on a bus and fled to California after being released on bail.

Migrants will ‘never leave NYC’s care’: Critics fear as lefty pols renew push for unlimited shelter stays

However, the Manhattan DA’s Office said Wednesday that two of them — Juarez and Arocha — were in the same New York City apartment where Madris was arrested on Tuesday, a spokesman said.

He said Juarez and Arocha were now in the custody of federal immigration authorities.

Officials at US Immigration and Customs Enforcement did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Post on Wednesday.

The men were part of a mob of migrants who allegedly went after an NYPD officer and lieutenant at about 8:30 p.m. on Jan. 27 on West 42nd Street in Midtown Manhattan.

CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR METRO DAILY NEWSLETTER

Footage of the confrontation shows the two cops telling migrants to move along — just before all hell broke loose. A scuffle broke out between the cops and one of the men just before the pack seized on the officers, raining kicks down on their heads and bodies before taking off toward Seventh Avenue.

Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg later defended not asking for monetary bail by saying his office was still reviewing footage of the beating to determine each suspect’s level of involvement in the fight.

The DA recommended bail for Brito to be set at $15,000 cash or a $50,000 bond because he allegedly sparked the scuffle with the cops and had two pending misdemeanor cases.

Meanwhile, Gomez-Ezquiel, was arrested again this week while out without bail in the Times Square cop attack case — Queens cops said he was busted shoplifting at a Macy’s department store.

Surveillance video showed Gomez-Izquiel with a gang of other asylum seekers kicking the pair of New York’s Finest in the head and body before running away after allegedly stealing $608 in clothing.

One of the shoplifting suspects, Ulises Bohorquez, 21, was arrested on Wednesday but has not been linked to the Jan. 27 Times Square attack on two of New York’s Finest.

For the latest metro stories, top headlines, breaking news and more, visit nypost.com/metro/