Tue Jan 24, 2023 – 6:32 pm ESTTue Jan 24, 2023 – 6:36 pm EST
(LifeSiteNews) — Canadian Crown prosecutors have decided to drop the 2021 charges levelled against a pro-freedom and anti-lockdown Christian pastor for allegedly violating COVID health orders related to worship size gathering limits that were in effect at that time.
In a statement sent out last week, the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (JCCF) said the charges against “Pastor R” were dropped on January 16.
“We are pleased that the Crown prosecutor has withdrawn the charges against Pastor R,” said JCCF lawyer Henna Parmar, reacting to the news.
“Canada is extremely diverse and is home to many different religious groups. Canadians’ religious freedom should be honored and protected, even during times of crisis,” she added.
While the JCCF’s news release does not name the pastor directly, anti-lockdown Christian pastor Henry Hildebrandt from the Church of God in Aylmer, Ontario, earlier identified himself as the one who got the $880 ticket.
This ticket was issued to him after he invited his entire congregation to attend a drive-in service in a Church parking lot in 2021.
Hildebrandt said about his ticket, as noted by Blacklock’s
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