14-Year-Old Confesses to Setting Fire to Church
During the day of August 6, 2016, a 14-year-old intentionally set a fire in the church of San Filippo Neri in Savigliano using candles. The fire spread to the wooden paneling and was finally contained by the use of two fire extinguishers.
There were approximately twenty people in the church at the time of the fire. A witness reported seeing someone fumbling with candles near a side chapel. Surveillance cameras led to the identification of the perpetrator who finally confessed to the act. The damage is being assessed and the church was declared partially unusable. The case has been referred to the juvenile court. Source: No Christianofobia