In a 2000 film 'The Patriot', a scene leading to the burning down of a church in the Charles town south is shown in a depictive manner.
General Tavington, a cruel character shown in the movie is a mid-aged man with powers in hand and military to support and enhance those powers by following his orders.
It is shown in the movie that General Tavington gathers people who are on the side of Gabriel (the character projected opposite of Tavington) in a church and gives his brigade the orders to burn the church.