image: Mat Fascione / St Andrew’s Church on Jarrom Street, Leicester CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
The Church Times reports that Canon Johannes Arens has confirmed the fire at St Andrew’s Jarrom Street in Leicester was an accident and not a result of arson.
The Church Times writes:
The roof of St Andrew’s, Jarrom Street, a 160-year-old church in Leicester, was ‘severely damaged’ by a fire discovered late on Tuesday night last week (News, 31 July)…
The parish priest, Canon Johannes Arens, told the Church Times… ‘The whole community is in shock, but we are discovering our own ‘Blitz spirit’. We will rebuild our beautiful church. I don’t yet know what funds we will need, but I am incredibly thankful to all those who are already coming forward..
