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EDMONTON, Alberta, March 2, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) — Lawyers for jailed Canadian Pastor James Coates tomorrow will appeal the bail conditions that block the pastor’s release unless he agrees to not hold church services amid severe coronavirus lockdowns.
Coates and his Grace Life Church in Spruce Grove, Alberta, are being represented by the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (JCCF).
Last week, an Alberta judge set May 3–5 as trial dates for Coates, meaning that he could remain behind bars for two months while awaiting trial, which his legal team said was unacceptable. Last Wednesday, the JCCF announced it would appeal his bail conditions, confirming last Friday that an appeal hearing date for March 3 has been set.
“A trial set eight weeks down the road is too long for an innocent Pastor to be in jail. Pastor Coates is a peaceful Christian minister. The Justice of the Peace should not have required him to violate his conscience and effectively stop pastoring his church as a condition to be released. This is a miscarriage of justice,” said John Carpay, president of the JCCF in a press release last Friday.
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