After Several Threatening Letters Arsonists Torch Catholic School in New Orleans

New Orleans fire investigators suspect arson in a Tuesday morning fire that forced the closure of Resurrection of Our Lord Elementary School in eastern New Orleans. (NOLA)

Resurrection of Our Lord School was torched last night in New Orleans. Officials said multiple fires were set throughout the school. The school received several threatening letters over the last month.
WDSU reported:

New Orleans firefighters are investigating a fire that closed a school in New Orleans East.

The overnight fire happened at the Resurrection of Our Lord School in the 4800 block of Rosalia Drive.

Fire investigators said multiple fires were intentionally set throughout the school. The administration building was completely consumed by the fire, and two other building received heavy smoke and fire damage. Investigators said six buildings had been saturated with an undetermined accelerant.

The school said it would be closed through the scheduled Mardi Gras break until Feb. 24.

The school had received several threatening letters since Christmas.
NOLA.com reported:

Children returning to classes at Resurrection of Our Lord Elementary School last month filed past police and parent volunteers watching over the campus, summoned by Catholic school authorities who had received two unsettling letters voicing a vague threat and the warning: “You will pay.” For weeks the extra security remained in place, but decreased over time.

Then Tuesday morning, someone doused six buildings at the eastern New Orleans school with accelerants and set several fires, causing major damage.

Spokespersons for the police and fire departments said they had no new information about the arson investigation Wednesday.

Absent any official information, school officials remain unsure if the fire is linked to the threats, said archdiocesan spokeswoman Sarah McDonald.

#1 February 19, 2012 at 11:14 pm
Gride commented:

Looks like Obamas anti-catholic goons are doing his bidding.
#2 February 19, 2012 at 11:18 pm
Joanne commented:

This contraception controversy doesn’t have anything to do with contraceptives. It is all about attacking the Catholic Church in a manner that some nuts can get their head around.
#3 February 19, 2012 at 11:19 pm
Economan commented:

If this had been a mosque, it would be on the top story all across America for years and we would all be guilty of Islamophobia. Whatever the hell that means….
#4 February 19, 2012 at 11:38 pm
Rock commented:

Obama the Great Divider, and yet the raciest pray at his alter.
#7 February 20, 2012 at 3:14 am
Opus#6@AmericanPerspective commented:

“You will pay” … for what. Was it only those three words on the letter or were there more clues.
#9 February 20, 2012 at 5:07 am
JenBee commented:

Wow, the article leaves out alot, for example, a motive. Taking into account the media’s record for protecting the islamic faith, I’m guessing there were clues in there that pointed to muslims as the culprits. I wonder, will the REASON for this atrocity ever see the light of day?
#10 February 20, 2012 at 5:44 am
Sickofobama commented:

This is now the norm.

LIBTARDs = Muslim terrorists.
#11 February 20, 2012 at 5:45 am
archer52 commented:

Wonder if Obama or his people are going to even recognize this outrage. If it were an abortion clinic or a black church in Mississippi, he’d be upside down with anger. I’m willing to bet this gets nothing. Even if the actual motive isn’t about the new issue and just some nut, the Left would jump all over this event.

The Right needs to learn that lesson and try and make a connection. Understand that many bad acts are done by ideologically driven nutjobs because they think they were given “direction” by the leadership, even when they weren’t.

Mao was great at this. I’ve believed for a long time Obama’s people are going to pull out all the stops this year to get reelected, and that includes violent intimidation.
#12 February 20, 2012 at 6:29 am
Fuquay Steve commented:

They probably refused to serve chicken fingers in the lunch room in lieu of turkey sandwiches and chips with apple juice.
#13 February 20, 2012 at 6:31 am
Fuquay Steve commented:

Or they didn’t hand out condoms to the students as incentive for making a B in social justice history.
#15 February 20, 2012 at 6:36 am
mw commented:

Or maybe they should look at some one in the clergy who just ” paid” for his or her transgressions against a student. Obama… Please. These RC nutjobs have brought about their own disgrace. I’m catholic too btw. A few more of their churches and installations ought to burn so maybe they will wake up to their own reality..
#16 February 20, 2012 at 7:35 am
Peter Warner commented:

Archer52 wrote:

‘The Right needs to learn that lesson and try and make a connection. Understand that many bad acts are done by ideologically driven nutjobs because they think they were given “direction” by the leadership, even when they weren’t.’

Take that observation one step further: What kind of forces compel people into fury against Biblical values and Christian traditions, while conversely drives them to passionately advocate for destruction and bloodshed (homosexuality, sharia, abortion, annihilation of Israel)?

These are not ideological forces. They are spiritual forces, and the Left is demonic.

Pray for America and her leaders.

Best regards, Peter Warner.
#17 February 20, 2012 at 7:40 am
Richardson commented:

Why does it start with “suspect arson” when it goes on to say “multiple fires were intentionally set”? Isn’t that arson?
I think “mw” has hit the nail on the head. “mw”s way of thinking is increasingly typical of a generation brought up to believe that their inarticulate sense of irritation is what previous generations thought of as “injustice”. To “mw” it makes perfect sense to say “a few more elementary schools need to burn”, and “his or her transgressions” while claiming “I’m catholic too byw.” Unfortunately modern society is breeding more and more “mw”s.
#18 February 20, 2012 at 7:52 am
wanumba commented:

#15 February 20, 2012 at 6:36 am
mw commented:

Or maybe they should look at some one in the clergy who just ” paid” for his or her transgressions against a student. Obama… Please. These RC nutjobs have brought about their own disgrace. I’m catholic too btw. A few more of their churches and installations ought to burn so maybe they will wake up to their own reality..
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Really, really? What kind of so-called “catholic” are you? Not “Christian” because you would have a high sense of JUSTICE as applied to the GUILTY, NOT THE INNOCENT.

You have a lynch-mob pagan viciousness of smearing the guilt of one to an entire group.

Of course, you could be lying your ass off to ‘pretend’ to bring some sort of ‘catholic’ validation to what is a Left-quality murderous worldview. Not a pretty choice here. There is no alternative, outright pagan thug or lying pagan thug.
#19 February 20, 2012 at 8:45 am
bear commented:

mw, #15 = another stunning example of a public school education.

Ya gotta love that justice equals arson logic. I recall that burning schools is a favorite of the islamofascists. mw probably stands for mohammed witless.
#20 February 20, 2012 at 9:06 am
JPL17 commented:

mw, you seem filled with blind hatred. I hope you take the opportunity of Lent to repent. Remember, this IS NO patron saint of arson.
#21 February 20, 2012 at 9:29 am
Greg commented:

The President inspired this hate crime against a local church through his leadership in the insurance forcing on churches. This is far worse than the Gabby Gifford shooting. Every school child in that system will be mentally effected for life…………..
#22 February 20, 2012 at 9:34 am
Patty commented:

Never saw this until Obama became president. You? The way to get back is in your hands, vote him out of office, please, thank you!
#23 February 20, 2012 at 9:42 am
Patty commented:

Since Obama has become president things are far worse. There are facts behind what I am saying.
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Worse President since the Civil War

Three years ago, the people of the United States elected someone who has turned out to be the worst president since the pre-Civil War era. Barack Obama, whether in economic matters, domestic affairs or international relations, has been an abject failure and has severely jeopardized the future of the American people.

This must be the focus and message of those seeking the Republican presidential nomination, who must not allow themselves to be focused on demeaning each other and sidetracked by falling for the usual tactics of the Democrat and media smear machines (epitomized by the latest specious attack on Herman Cain).

A cursory examination of Obama’s overall record compared with other presidents reveals someone driven purely by statist ideology, whose narcissism renders him incapable of change regardless of the long-term consequences. He does not seem to care what happens to the American people.

Ronald Reagan and Franklin Roosevelt faced far worse economic conditions when they came into office than were in play when Barack Obama was elected president. Yet with one a fiscal conservative (Ronald Reagan) and the other (Franklin Roosevelt) a liberal Democrat, even though they pursued differing solutions to the dilemmas at hand, neither put the nation squarely and inexorably on the road to bankruptcy and second-class status.

Barack Obama and his apologists continuously claim that he inherited the worst economy since the Great Depression and that if it were not for his policies presently in place, matters would be far worse. The reality is that he did not inherit the worst economy since the 1930s, and his policies have diminished the standard of living for the majority of Americans.

Read more about the worst president ever @ link The reality is that he did not inherit the worst economy since the 1930s, and his policies have diminished the standard of living for the majority of Americans.

http://www.americanthinker.com/2011/11/the_worst_president_since_before_the_civil_war.html
#24 February 20, 2012 at 9:44 am
Patty commented:

And speaking of Civil War, there is one now, in the making, why, this president has started it with the Catholic Church.
#25 February 20, 2012 at 10:59 am
Stephen Gash commented:

Islam forbids contraception, does it not? However, when Obama says things like the Muslim call to prayer is “one of the prettiest sounds on Earth at sunset” people should not expect any condemnation of Islam and Muslims from him.
#26 February 20, 2012 at 12:01 pm
greenfairie commented:

New Orleans has been lousy with anarchists since Hurricane Katrina, the same people who beat up one of Bobby Jindal’s assistants and her boyfriend a couple of years ago (and got away with it). Anarchists hate the Church. Other Catholic institutions in town need to be on watch.
#27 February 20, 2012 at 12:58 pm
bg commented:

++

we did not listen, we’re not listening
still, and we ain’t seen nothin’ yet..

pray we never ever see this..

==
#28 February 20, 2012 at 3:11 pm
db commented:

“They would not listen,
they’re not listening still,
Perhaps they never will”
— Don McLean
#29 February 20, 2012 at 3:44 pm
LaInfidel commented:

I live in New Orleans and can tell you that the city is over run with Anarchists. They came here originally because New Orleans was the headquarters for ACORN and the main training facility for so called “community organizers”. It has only gotten worse here since Katrina. The main problem here is that we have a huge multi-generational welfare dependance thanks to Democratic politicians, schools where teachers speak ebonics, affirmative action and on and on. Not being racist just being honest!
#30 February 21, 2012 at 10:57 am
BF commented:

This is perhaps the craziest comment thread in history. Thank God none of you people are part of a jury.