President Donald Trump took time [last week] to recognize the pastor of one of three black churches in Louisiana burned last year by an arsonist.
Trump, speaking at the National Prayer Breakfast, saluted the Rev. Gerald Toussaint, pastor of Mount Pleasant Baptist Church, a 140-year-old house of worship in St. Landry Parish.
“Last year, Mount Pleasant was one of three African American churches in Louisiana that [were] destroyed in a fire set by a wicked, hate-filled arsonist,” Trump said at the 68th annual event, held at the Washington Hilton hotel.
The arsons occurred in late March and early April, shortly before Holy Week, which leads up to Easter. The son of a local deputy sheriff was charged with arson and hate crimes.
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