Church volunteer admits to arson attack on French cathedral

French authorities detained and charged a repentant church volunteer after he told investigators that he was responsible for July 18 blaze that destroyed the organ and blackened the insides of the Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul of the western French city of Nantes.
The man had previously been questioned and then released after the July 18 blaze that destroyed the organ, shattered stained-glass windows, and blackened the insides of the Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul of the western French city of Nantes.
“He confessed to the allegations against him which, as the prosecutor indicated, are causing destruction and damage by fire,” the lawyer told France Info radio. “He regrets the facts. That is certain. He is in a sort of repentance.”