According to reports, a man is being questioned by the police after confessing to killing a pastor who provided him with a residence while awaiting an arson trial.
The suspect walked into a gendarmerie in Vendée West France On Monday morning, he allegedly told police officers that he had killed the head of the Catholic religious group.
The police at the Mortagne-sur-Sèvre station went to the address designated by the suspect and found the body of Father Olivier Maire.
The arrested man is 40 years old and is reportedly a guardian of a volunteer church in Rwanda. Deliberately set fire to Nantes Cathedral Last July.
After the fire broke out, the man was detained but was released on bail under multiple release conditions two months ago.Father Meyer, 60 years old, person in charge Monforton Missionary Group Saint-Laurent-sur-Sèvre provided him with a home while waiting for him to appear in court.
Before the Nantes fire, the man was refused to stay in France and was deported. His arrest for the fire meant that the order was shelved in the arson proceedings.
French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said on Twitter that he would go to Vendée.
Bruno Retail StoreThe opposition right-wing republican leader paid tribute to the priest.
“His death proved the kindness of the priest I was familiar with, and I began to appreciate the depth of his faith. His death was a huge loss,” Retailleau tweeted a photo of the priest.
Five years after the two followers of the Islamic State were killed, the killing took place Father Jacques Hamel In July 2016 in his church in Normandy.
The police did not elaborate on how the priest was killed, but said there is no indication that this was related to terrorism.
Father Santino Brembila, a senior general of the Muffalton Mission and friend of the murdered priest, told BFMV that he was a “deep spirituality” and a reference point for the religious community of Muffalton.
“He is always open to people who need help and company,” Brembilla said.
“This is a tragedy for us because we have lost someone who is very valuable to our Montfortain community. He is a very spiritual person. This is a human tragedy.”
