A 22-year-old man has pled guilty in a Colorado federal court for setting fire to a church in Loveland in January.
Darion Ray Sexton entered a guilty plea on Thursday, admitting fault for setting fire to the Abiding Love Lutheran Church on Jan. 19.
Sexton was arrested and charged on Jan. 23 with causing damage to real property with fire or explosives.
As part of his plea, Sexton admitted to throwing two “Molotov cocktail” incendiary devices at the church, including one at the front door and the other at the basement. Sexton further admitted that he intended to destroy the church and was motivated to set fire to the building because of its religious character, making the offense a hate crime….