Sunday, January 19, 2014

Gore residents devastated after rumoured 'ghost church' burns to ashes

From Canada-

Residents in a small town south of Morin Heights are devastated after their tiny, ancestral church was burnt to the ground.

For years, the community of Gore fought to preserve St. John's Shrewsbury Anglican Church, built in the 1830s. Due to rumours the tiny church was haunted, it was vandalized repeatedly over the years, but no one imagined it would be destroyed by arson.


Once the heart of a vibrant community, the church was a powerful symbol, said local resident Jason Morrison, who serves as one of the town’s municipal inspectors.


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http://montreal.ctvnews.ca/gore-residents-devastated-after-rumoured-ghost-church-burns-to-ashes-1.1645557#ixzz2qrGtxlVV

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