Fri Aug 25, 2023 – 9:08 pm EDT
(LifeSiteNews) – Outspoken Ontario Canadian Christian Pastor Henry Hildebrandt made a deal with an Ontario court that sees most charges levied against him and his church for breaking COVID gathering rules dropped in exchange for pleading guilty to as he put it, one count of “obeying God rather than man.”
“I was sentenced today for continuing to assemble for worship with our congregation in 2020 and 2021. As the Bible directs,” Hildebrandt said in a video message Thursday posted to X (formerly Twitter).
Hildebrandt, of the Church of God located in Aylmer, Ontario, said the “justice of the peace fined me $65,000 for an outdoor church service that was livestreamed and open for all to attend on June 6, 2021.”
Hildebrandt said that he made the decision to “accept a deal that will end further legal battles as it pertains to myself,” after “much prayer and consultation with leaders and wise counselors.”
“The Aylmer Church of God, my family, and all others that have been ticketed and summoned for worshiping with us in Elgin County. I was personally fined $65,000 for apparent harm that I caused the surrounding
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