Church 'set on fire by bride-to-be using tampon' hours before wedding
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A woman from the US has been charged with allegedly torching a church just one day before she was due to marry there.Lenita "Tessa" Joy Moreno, 25, was taken into custody on Monday, more than a fortnight after the blaze reportedly broke out inside the Latter-Day Saints Church in Kaysville.The fire inflicted over £80,000 worth of damage on the Mormon church building, where Miss Moreno had been expected to exchange her wedding vows at the altar the following day.On the day before the ceremony, Miss Moreno and her fiancé visited Ace Hardware to buy hooks, her groom later told investigators.
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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say CCTV footage from the shop appeared to show that Miss Moreno had pocketed between two and three lighters during the visit, without her partner's knowledge.Court documents indicate that Miss Moreno, along with relatives, had been putting the finishing touches on wedding preparations at the church when the fire alarm was triggered.
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