TDF sends letter to the Montreal Police and the Montreal Fire Department calling for a thorough investigation and report on Montreal church fire.
MONTREAL— On February 23, a fire broke out at the historic St. Paul's Catholic Church in southwestern Montreal, which resulted in the evacuation of an adjacent seniors' home. The fire is the latest in a series of church burnings across Canada over the past several years. Investigators have treated many of these incidents as arson, with criminal charges filed in several cases.
While the cause of the fire at St. Paul's Church is unknown and may, in fact, be accidental, TDF sent a letter to the Montreal Fire Department and the Montreal Police Services requesting a copy of the Fire Investigation Report prepared in the normal course by the Fire Department on the cause of the fire.
TDF is also funding lawyers representing Ministerious Restauracion - the Montreal church recently fined $2,500 for holding a worship service with Sean Feucht. This church was also damaged after a smoke bomb attack arising out of the same event.
TDF litigation director, Mark Joseph, said, "Over the past several years, Jews have suffered harassment and physical assaults while attending their synagogues and shuls. Christians have had their churches burned. Members of all religious communities should be able to attend their places of worship safely. Our letter puts the authorities on notice that the public expects a thorough investigation and report of this incident."
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Founded in 2021, The Democracy Fund (TDF) is a Canadian charity dedicated to constitutional rights, advancing education and relieving poverty. TDF promotes constitutional rights through litigation and public education. TDF supports an access to justice initiative for Canadians whose civil liberties have been infringed by government lockdowns and other public policy responses to the pandemic.