Three Charged for Manitoba Church Fire; Congregation Moves Forward
While three people have been charged with arson for setting a United Church of Canada in southwestern Manitoba on fire over the weekend, the congregation is counting their losses and moving forward.
While three people have been charged with arson for setting a United Church of Canada in southwestern Manitoba on fire over the weekend, the congregation is counting their losses and moving forward.
In a Brandon courtroom on Monday, Kelsey Ray Taylor, 21, of Brandon; Mark Wishart, 20, of Minnedosa; and Deanna Lynn Matthews, 19, of Brandon were charged with arson for setting fire to and destroying the Minnedosa United Church on the morning of Sunday, Feb. 12.
There has been much mourning over the loss of the 105-year old church in the small community of Minnedosa, Manitoba, approximately 210 kilometers northwest of Winnipeg. And the realization that the fire was set intentionally has made the incident more difficult to grasp, the church's head minister, the Rev. Shawn Ankenmann, told CBC news.
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"Today, the Church in Minnedosa will weep at the senselessness of this
