Nantes Cathedral Fire: Altar Server Charged with Arson

Catholic News Agency ^ | 7/26/20 | Courtney Mares

[marshmallow]

Rome Newsroom, Jul 26, 2020 / 04:00 am MT (CNA).- A church volunteer has admitted to starting the fire at Nantes Cathedral and was charged with arson on Saturday.

The 39-year-old Rwandan refugee -- who had been detained and released by the police immediately following the July 18 fire at the Gothic cathedral -- was arrested again and indicted July 25 on “charges of destruction and damage by fire,” according to the Nantes public prosecutor.

The 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, Le Figaro reported.

“My client is today consumed with remorse and overwhelmed by the magnitude of the events,” Quentin Chabert, the lawyer of the accused told Presse-Océan July 25.

Agence France-Presse reported that the unnamed volunteer, who had been an altar server, was responsible for closing the Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul on the night of the fire, which arson investigators said appeared to have started at three different points in the cathedral.

The volunteer had been detained by French police on the day of the suspected arson and questioned about alleged inconsistencies in his schedule, but was released without charge the following day.

However, developments in the arson investigation led the volunteer to be rearrested, indicted, and detained in pre-trial custody on July 25, according to the prosecutor.

[Viking2002]

'The 39-year-old Rwandan refugee'

Aaaaand what could go wrong.....................?

[xrmusn]

‘The 39-year-old Rwandan refugee’
Aaaaand what could go wrong.....................?
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etc etc etc

I’m a scorpion, that’s what scorpions do!

[The Great RJ]

A few in the French Catholic Church are recognizing the threat to Christianity posed by these mostly Muslim immigrants. Four years ago a French priest was martyred at the altar by two Islamic terrorists. Fr. Jacques Hamel’s last words were “begone Satan”

In a tweet on Sunday, FrenchPrime Minister, Jean Castex said ...” Struck in her heart, France then discovered Jacques Hamel, his face and his message. She drew from it the strength to unite in the face of terrorist barbarism and obscurantism.”

[BeauBo]

They don’t say why he did it.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

The only thing Rwanda has to offer the world is 60 point IQ refugees, mud and stick huts, bugs, and crudely carved juju dolls.
 

[Lurker]

“The only thing Rwanda has to offer the world is 60 point IQ refugees, mud and stick huts, bugs, and crudely carved juju dolls.”

Yea, well we are all filled up. Try Canada. They’ll take them.

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[SecAmndmt]

“The only thing Rwanda has to offer the world is 60 point IQ refugees, mud and stick huts, bugs, and crudely carved juju dolls.”

They have a bit more than that. Their coffee is some of the best in the world.

Plenty of good African people, solid Christians have come here as well. The problem is that our immigration policy has favored folks from everywhere who don’t bring skills and education.

If we want to understand why the West is being overrun, look in the mirror. We waited until there were about 30 million illegals here, before aspiring to do anything meaningful to stop it.

[Svartalfiar]

'The 39-year-old Rwandan refugee'

Aaaaand what could go wrong.....................?

Actually, it's a little surprising. While Rwandan government has gone pretty anti-religious lately, the country as a whole is at most only 2% Muslim.