The pandemic of church arson attacks may have slowed, but it has not ended.
Saint Simon Church in New Brunswick is the latest to be targeted, in what Mayor Bernard Thériault has called the worst tragedy to ever hit their community.
At 3.30am, the Fire Brigade received a phone call about the disaster, rushing in vain to attempt to save it.
Videos from the scene show the steeple collapsing, leaving the church completely destroyed.
68 year old Gilles Mallet has been arrested for arson.
