The Priests Are Gone, Exploring an ABANDONED Rectory. What Happened To The Church?

What's up guys? Okay, take a look behind me here and what you're looking at here is what's remaining of a very, very old abandoned church that burned down a bunch of fires, but actually recently it completely collapsed after a massive fire. So as you can see, the roof is now gone. It's a complete disaster inside. But where we are now guys, we're in a residence that's attached to the church. So we're going to go and explore this part. So let's go guys turn around all right here we go so we're kind of coming through the church and now very old and decayed lots of peeling paint lots of plaster everywhere paperwork and stuff that a super cool shot right here this double corridor nice and wide we've got a little organ so as i like to do i don't know what this building would be called because as you know i don't do church and religion but you guys do so what would this building be called if it's a residence that's attached to a huge church what would this be called guys because i don't know nothing isn't this nice though it's got offices it's got lots of different rooms it's got bedrooms huh we got some leaks going on here guys lots of leaks it's pretty cool a lot of old furniture in here too for furniture oh yeah yeah big staircase here go up there in a minute tapes and Christmas stuff more blankets Metamucil garden cocktail Teriyaki peppercorn oh there's a hole in the floor right there Careful it stinks back here I haven't been back here yet there's a lot of bathrooms in this building there's another look outside to the church so we're not going to go that way because there's a big hole in the floor right there but there's a super cool looking old bathroom right there so here's one of the many bedrooms we have lots of nice natural light the bedrooms up here guys check out this little sink right here oh the library look at all the books guys wow whoa encyclopedias maybe what are all these it's all in French guys selection du livre well these are Reader's Digest selections okay the closet room number five what's that called a Murphy bed i think it's called a Murphy bed And you've got the drawers underneath. I think we were already in here. Yeah. So you have rooms with a sink, but you don't have a toilet. But you have a shared bathroom, such as this one right here. But you don't have a sink in the bathroom. Okay? In Montreal's Quartier Saint-Paul, the church that anchored this neighborhood for 150 years is gone. All that remains is the building beside it, the rectory. The first church went up here in 1876, just after the village was founded, and a stone rectory was built right next to it. In 1899, lightning destroyed the church. The parish rebuilt, and in 1910 and 1911, it raised the church most people remember, designed by architect Joseph-Arthur Godin, with interior work by the artist Guido Nincheri. Through all of it, the rectory was the parish's nerve center. This was home to the priests. It was the office where couples came to plan their weddings, where families arranged baptisms and funerals, and where generations of births, marriages, and deaths were written into the parish registers. Sunday collections were counted here. The weekly bulletin went out from here. If the church was the heart of Côte Saint-Paul, the rectory was where its life was recorded. Then, at 1:40 in the morning on February 23rd, 2026, fire broke out in the church. More than 150 firefighters battled a five-alarm blaze. By dawn, the roof had collapsed and the bell towers were gone. Only fragments of the facade will be saved. Now the rectory stands alone and abandoned. The priests are gone and the offices are empty. The church it served is a ruin next door. It's the last witness to a parish that was struck by lightning, rebuilt, rebuilt again, and finally lost to fire. Alright guys, we're gonna put a pin in this one. This is a short little video walkthrough. Pretty cool spot. Hope you guys have liked this one. And I'm here with my friends Frank, X-Photography and Sol Censeer, and some other friends who actually aren't explorers they're just joining along so uh that's it guys i gotta go see you guys next time peace