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Fire guts former St. Leo’s church in Tacony

The historic stone structure was shuttered by the Archdiocese of Philadelphia in 2013.

St. Leo the Great Roman Catholic Church in the Tacony neighborhood gets doused with water on Sunday, May 9, 2021. The historic church caught fire on Sunday afternoon.
St. Leo the Great Roman Catholic Church in the Tacony neighborhood gets doused with water on Sunday, May 9, 2021. The historic church caught fire on Sunday afternoon.Read moreYONG KIM / Staff Photographer