
Pastor of Catholic Church in Bethesda, Maryland, Describes Arson, Desecration of Tabernacle
St. Jane Frances de Chantal Parish was the most heavily damaged of three Bethesda churches hit by vandalism over the weekend.
St. Jane Frances de Chantal Parish was the most heavily damaged of three Bethesda churches hit by vandalism over the weekend.
CompassCare’s facilities have remained on high alert due to the recent violence to pregnancy centers around the country.
The Madison Police Department said flames were seen coming from the offices of Wisconsin Family Action in the city’s north side shortly after 6am Sunday. The fire was quickly put out by the Madison Fire Department. No one was hurt, police said.
Crews continue to work at the St. Anthony building to remove debris, assess damage and begin repairs to the 60-year-old structure.
According to the San Gabriel Fire Department, Corey had already been arrested and sentenced to three years in prison for an unrelated incident when investigators pegged him as a person of interest in the Mission San Gabriel case.
Investigators have deemed the fire at Sacred Heart to be intentional, but police have not yet made the same pronouncement about the fire at the Baptist church.
A number of churches across Chile have been attacked and looted amid political demonstrations in the country.
Surveillance video shows a young man, shirtless and wearing a surgical mask and white gloves, breaking into a church and pouring a jug of clear liquid on several of the wooden pews before setting them on fire.
The fires set at Sacred Heart are the second fire-related damage at a Catholic church in the Archdiocese of Boston in the last month.
Prosecutor Pierre Sennes said in a statement that the volunteer had confessed to the examining magistrate on July 25 to lighting three fires in the cathedral.
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