Suspicious fire destroys Hacienda Heights church, latest in series of crimes against Catholic parishes in CA Investigators suspect arson in a fire that destroyed St. John Vianney Church in Hacienda Heights over the weekend. ..snip The fire, which began shortly after midnight on Saturday, left only a burned out shell where the 5000-member parish’s sanctuary once stood. ...snip The arson at St. John Vianney Church is the latest in a string of crimes against Catholic institutions across California. In January, a vandal spray-painted the words “Kill the Cathlics” on the walls of St. Boniface Catholic Church in Anaheim and St....