An Ohio man admitted to federal authorities he wanted to burn down a church with Molotov cocktails to prevent a drag show from taking place there, cops said.

Aimenn Penny, 20, allegedly tossed the crudely made explosives at the Community Church of Chesterland in a failed attempt to set the building aflame on March 25, just days before two scheduled drag show events.

The homemade bombs also caused minimal damage with some scorch marks on the front door. The church was empty at the time.

Penny, part of a “White Lives Matter” group, said he wanted to burn down the church because he wanted to “protect children and stop the drag show event.”

He even admitted that he regretted that it didn’t work.

“Penny stated that he would have felt better if the Molotov cocktails were more effective and burned the entire church to the ground,” an agent with the FBI wrote in the affidavit.

Before he decided to attack the church, he allegedly told the FBI he “became more and more angry” after watching videos online of drag shows in France.

Penny was arrested March 31.

He was charged with one count of using fire to commit a federal felony, one count of malicious use of explosive materials and one count of possessing a destructive device, the US Attorney’s Office said.

The feds said he violated the Church Arson Prevention Act.

He could face up to 50 years in prison if found guilty of all charges.

Authorities said Penny is a member of “White Lives Matter” which espouses racist, pro-Nazi and homophobic views.

Penny showed up in Wadsworth, Ohio to protest another drag queen event two weeks before his alleged attack on the Chesterland church, the FBI said.

The pastor of the Community Church of Chesterland did not immediately return a call seeking comment from The Post.

Representatives of the church told the FBI they received hate mail and messages that contained non-specific threats of protest and violence against the drag shows, according to the complaint.

The church confirmed on Facebook that its drag story hour went on as planned on April 1, with the church thanking law enforcement agencies for their presence outside the church.

The church called the day “a resounding success.”

When the original statement from the Department of Justice went out on March 31 about Penny’s arrest, the Community Church of Chesterfield said it wanted the man prosecuted to the “fullest extent of the law.”

“Thank you to the investigative bodies responsible for moving so quickly to make this arrest,” the church said in a Facebook post.

“While we are sorry this happened and forgive the individual in question, we would like to see him prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law as a way to send a message to other like minded people and groups that violence as a form of coercion to advance any kind of agenda is unacceptable in 2023.”