Glasgow, Scotland, Aug 18, 2021 / 12:00 pm
A man has been arrested and charged with wilful fire-raising after a Catholic church in Glasgow was destroyed last month.
The arrest was announced Aug. 17. The man arrested has not been publicly identified, but is described as being 24-years-old.
In Scotland, the charge of “wilful fire-raising” refers to when a person deliberately starts a fire that is intended to damage property.
St. Simon’s, Partick, a 163-year-old church in Glasgow, was reported to be on fire in the early morning of July 28. The church was destroyed and the fire was extinguished. One person was rescued and there were no injuries in the flames. The church was the third-oldest in Glasgow, and was originally called St. Peter’s. It was fully restored in 2008.