TACONY - A group of teens is being held responsible for starting a fire that torched a historic Tacony-area church last May, according to the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office.
Prosecutors say two youths were charged with arson, burglary and conspiracy following a monthslong investigation into the two-alarm fire that consumed the former St.
Leo the Great Parish. Two other teens were charged with burglary and conspiracy. Investigators acted on an anonymous tip that lead police to the teens who are accused of unlawfully entering the building and setting the century-old church ablaze.
St. Leo's was decommissioned by the Archdiocese in 2013 and was slated for redevelopment by a private owner, according to District Attorney Larry Krasner..