Historic St. John’s Church near White House torched by rioters
The parish office at the historic St. John's Episcopal Church in Lafayette Square near the White House in Washington D.C. was torched as riots escalated on Sunday night. Fox News White House correspondent Kevin Corke was at the scene to report that the church had been vandalised with graffiti and set on fire.
“It does appear that St. John’s Church is on fire, the parish office,” Corke said. “We went downstairs, and it is on fire.”
“This is awful. We saw graffiti, once the door was broken, we saw something similar happen earlier, and as you can see there’s definitely a fire here,” he said a half-hour before the city’s 11 p.m. curfew.
“It’s a sad scene. This is a beautiful church is a landmark in many ways, so it’s very difficult to see this building go up in flames. Hopefully, they can get here and put out the fire.”
Fox News host Shannon Bream explained that the church is a place presidents have gone to for spiritual guidance in challenging moments in the nation’s history.
“Numerous presidents … have sat in those pews. They have gone there in times of national trouble, they’ve gone there for regular Sunday services. For generations presidents and their families have walked across Lafayette Park and gone and sat in the pews of St. John’s,” Bream said.
In a letter to parishioners on Sunday, hours before the parish office was set on fire, the Rev. Rob Fisher addressed the unrest in the country and detailed damage the church had already sustained in the previous night’s protests.
Source and image: christianpost.com
