Posted on 08/05/2021 5:54:07 PM PDT by marshmallow
A judge agreed Tuesday to allow the church to reopen so long as a COVID safety plan is posted inside the building.
WATERLOO, Ontario, July 29, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) — A Christian church in Canada, whose doors were locked by health officials for breaking COVID rules, is facing $85,000 in new fines, but a judge agreed Tuesday to allow them to open so long as they post a COVID safety “plan” inside their building.
“The other elders owe $7,500 each, and the church itself owes $35,000. The judge will review the Ministry of the Attorney General’s legal costs and then order us to pay legal costs at a later date. So in total we owe $85,000 plus legal costs,” wrote Pastor Jacob Reaume of Trinity Bible Chapel located in Waterloo, Ontario, in a July 27 note.
“Keep in mind that we owed $45,000 just for legal fees for the January 24 conviction. For contempt proceedings, it’s unlikely that we can appeal. So we’ll have to pay up. When this is all added up, we’re gonna owe a lot of money. But Jesus is worth it,” wrote Reaume.
Trinity Bible’s fines are the result of a contempt of court charge for holding an April 25 service contrary to local COVID rules.
Trinity Bible had its doors shut by Ontario Justice John Krawchenko on April 30 because it would not follow the local COVID rules in place at the time which banned in-person worship
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Just say NO.
Nothing exposés a bad law like its open enforcement.
Doug Ford isn’t to be confused with his brother the late Rob Ford former Mayor of Toronto.
Rob liked different drugs than the ones Doug pushes todays called vaccines.
All these “Conservative” premiers in the Canadian provinces pathetic.
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