After NotreDame fire, priest of church damaged by arson hits out at 'conspiracy theories'
The curate of a Paris church targeted by a suspected arsonist last month warned against the conspiracy theories surrounding the fire that later consumed Notre Dame Cathedral.
And as France deals with the aftermath of the Notre Dame fire, the services scheduled for Holy Week were shifted to St. Sulpice, and began on Wednesday with a Mass attended by prominent politicians. “Why must a catastrophe like the fire of Notre-Dame give rise to such a rain of false information? Because it is such an era,” L'Express said.BuzzFeed reported how one Twitter account masquerading as CNN attributed the Notre Dame fire to terrorists. Another account, misrepresenting itself as Fox News, posted a fake quote from a Muslim congresswoman saying “they reap what they sow.”
Until the fire at Notre Dame, St. Sulpice was perhaps the most prominent of the churches attacked in recent months. But the curate of the church, Jean-Loup Lacroix, told Le Parisien that there was no anti-religious motive behind the blaze at his church, and unless and until police investigations show otherwise, nor should there be one imputed to the fire at Notre Dame.
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