One or more arsonists tried to burn down another church on an Alberta reserve Tuesday morning..“On June 29, 2021, at 7:00 a.m., Gleichen RCMP responded to a complaint of a structure fire at the Siksika Anglican Church situated in Map 4,” said RCMP in a release..“Upon attending the location, a broken window was located. An attempt had been made to start a fire inside, however was unsuccessful. The suspect(s) fled the scene prior to police arrival. “.On Monday, RCMP were called to another break-in and fire, his time at a Catholic Church at Siksika..Over the last week in BC, six churches, mainly Catholic ones, have been set alight by arsonists..The spate of fires follows the news of hundreds of bodies discovered in unmarked graves near former residential schools in Saskatchewan and BC..On May 31, St. Joseph’s church in Kamloops was vandalized with the words “banished” and “crime scene” spray painted on the walls. The chief of the TkÌemlúps te Secwépemc, Rosanne Casimir, condemned the vandalism..On June 12, vandals wrote “release the records” and “killers” on the front entrance of St. Augustine’s Church in Vancouver, and St. Joseph’s Parish in Port Moody was also found vandalized the morning of June 13..A statue of Pope John Paul II outside the Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Edmonton was vandalized with red paint on Saturday, June 26, 2021..Dave Naylor is the News Editor of the Western Standard.,dnaylor@westernstandardonline.com,.Twitter.com/nobby7694.“
One or more arsonists tried to burn down another church on an Alberta reserve Tuesday morning..“On June 29, 2021, at 7:00 a.m., Gleichen RCMP responded to a complaint of a structure fire at the Siksika Anglican Church situated in Map 4,” said RCMP in a release..“Upon attending the location, a broken window was located. An attempt had been made to start a fire inside, however was unsuccessful. The suspect(s) fled the scene prior to police arrival. “.On Monday, RCMP were called to another break-in and fire, his time at a Catholic Church at Siksika..Over the last week in BC, six churches, mainly Catholic ones, have been set alight by arsonists..The spate of fires follows the news of hundreds of bodies discovered in unmarked graves near former residential schools in Saskatchewan and BC..On May 31, St. Joseph’s church in Kamloops was vandalized with the words “banished” and “crime scene” spray painted on the walls. The chief of the TkÌemlúps te Secwépemc, Rosanne Casimir, condemned the vandalism..On June 12, vandals wrote “release the records” and “killers” on the front entrance of St. Augustine’s Church in Vancouver, and St. Joseph’s Parish in Port Moody was also found vandalized the morning of June 13..A statue of Pope John Paul II outside the Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Edmonton was vandalized with red paint on Saturday, June 26, 2021..Dave Naylor is the News Editor of the Western Standard.,dnaylor@westernstandardonline.com,.Twitter.com/nobby7694.“
