Historic Church in New Brunswick Burned Down

As reported by CBC News on August 24, Saint-Simon Catholic Church in Saint-Simon, New Brunswick was burned down.

Saint-Simon was the largest wooden structure in New Brunswick, built in the 1910s on the Acadian Peninsula. The call came at around 3:30 a.m. that the church building was on fire. It took until roughly 10:00 a.m. for fire services to put out. 

Fire Chief Luc Dugas of the Caraquet Fire Department believed the fire was suspicious in nature which proved to be correct.

RCMP treated the fire as suspicious and have found a man, Giles Mallet, 68-years old to be responsible. Police have now arrested Mallet citing that the arson was intentional. Mallet is from Saint-Simon.

Global News reports that Mallet will be in custody and his hearing is set for Friday.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the mounties Caraquet detachment.