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24 of 33 church fires found to be arson cases; another 60 churches vandalized <\/h2>\n
By Ian M. Giatti<\/a>, Christian Post Reporter
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A flurry of media reports involving claims that hundreds of indigenous children were buried beneath Catholic schools across Canada has reportedly left nearly 100 churches vandalized or burned down.<\/p>\n

The attacks are linked to now-debunked<\/a>reports<\/a>, including one from a Canadian \u201cfirst nation\u201d group that alleged more than 750 bodies were found buried under a Catholic-run school in Canada’s Saskatchewan province.<\/p>\n

That report, which claimed there were 751 unmarked graves at a cemetery near the site of the former Marieval Indian Residential School, has since been debunked<\/a> after zero graves were excavated despite a two-year effort.<\/p>\n

Such claims sparked a wave of vandalism<\/a>\u00a0and arson attacks on Catholic and Protestant churches amid a rise in anti-Christian and anti-Catholic sentiment.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Since the initial report in June 2021, 96 churches across Canada have been desecrated, destroyed or vandalized, according <\/a>to Canadian independent media outlet True North.<\/p>\n

Ranging in denomination from Anglican, Catholic, Lutheran and others, the targeted churches are located as far north as Yellowknife in Canada\u2019s Northwest Territories to Chopaka Catholic Church on the border between British Columbia and Washington state.<\/p>\n

Of the 33 church fires, Canadian investigators have declared <\/a>24 to be arson cases so far, while 60 additional churches were vandalized across hundreds of miles, including 11 churches vandalized within hours on the night of June 30, 2021.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Several of the attacks targeted church doctrine, signage or symbols, including:<\/p>\n