Gay Sacramento reverend Matthew Woodward found the burned LGBT+ Pride flag outside his church. (Instagram/ matthewtwoodward)
Police are investigating after someone burned an LGBT+ Pride flag flying from church led by a gay reverend.
Reverend Matthew Woodward, the dean of Trinity Cathedral in Sacramento, California, had decorated his church for Pride month, to “communicate the love of God for all”.
But on Saturday morning (5 June), he realised that someone had burned the flag.
Shared photos of the charred remains on Instagram, he wrote: “So today I awoke to the news that our Pride flag has been taken down from in front of the Cathedral and burned.