Posted on 11/12/2022 6:59:44 PM PST by marshmallow
'This is vindication, not only for me, but vindication that the government grossly abused their power,' Pastor Tim Stephens tweeted.
CALGARY, Alberta (LifeSiteNews) — The Provincial Court of Alberta has dropped COVID health charges against Pastor Tim Stephens, a Christian clergyman who spent a combined 21 days in jail.
“This is vindication, not only for me, but vindication that the government grossly abused their power,” Stephens tweeted on Tuesday.
“In all of this, I rejoice since the gospel of Jesus Christ went forth in power, and Christ built his church. All glory to God!”
Stephens, a father of eight who serves as the pastor of Fairview Baptist Church in Calgary, said he was found not guilty of two health charges for which he was tried for last month.
Additionally, he noted that he had “5 health tickets withdrawn, 1 criminal charge withdrawn, 1 contempt charge withdrawn, and now acquitted on these two counts.”
“But I still spent 21 days in jail,” tweeted Stephens.
The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (JCCF) represented Stephens as his legal counsel. In a November 1 press release, the JCCF said it is “pleased that the court acquitted Pastor Stephens on the charges of not complying with a public health order.”
“Pastor Stephens was illegally arrested and imprisoned for having allegedly violated the Public Health Orders, which have since been shown to be ineffective and harmful,” said the JCCF.
“This decision sets the record straight about the justifiability of his actions and about the importance of respecting Charter rights and freedoms.”
(Excerpt) Read more at lifesitenews.com ...
Still not good.
They did it anyhow knowing it wouldn’t hold up.
But they did it to punish him illegally.
Truedolt is the one who belongs in jail.
This was more the work of the Alberta government than the federal government, and a change in leadership recently may be a reason why these charges were dropped. Danielle Smith replaced Jason Kenney as premier after Kenney resigned. She has probably the best conservative-libertarian credentials of any member of her party, so I have to think there’s a link here. One reason Jason Kenney became unpopular within his party was the legal cases against two pastors in Alberta. In fact nothing that draconian was seen even in BC which has a socialist government.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.