Wed Mar 8, 2023 – 5:39 pm EST
CALGARY, Alberta (LifeSiteNews) – Christian pastor Derek Reimer, who was jailed and charged for protesting a children’s drag queen story time at a public library over a week ago, was released from a Calgary jail late Monday after he decided to sign bail papers to take care of an urgent medical condition.
Reimer, of Mission7 street ministry, was to have remained in jail at the Calgary Remand Centre until at least March 14 after initially not agreeing to bail conditions, which would have prevented him from protesting at future children’s drag queen story time events.
He was arrested on March 2 by members of the Calgary Police Service (CPS) after being warned the previous day that there were two warrants out for him because he protested at the children’s drag queen story time at a public library in Calgary on February 25.
Reimer told LifeSiteNews in an interview today that due to health reasons he decided not to take the chance of waiting for medical treatment in a jail cell and agreed to sign his bail papers on Monday afternoon.
“Come Sunday, I needed urgent medical attention. The jail
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