Author of the article: Chris Abbott • Postmedia Network
Publishing date: Feb 10, 2021 • February 10, 2021 • 2 minute read • Steve Richardson, pastor of Faith Presbyterian Church in Tillsonburg, said he would be sinning against God if he didn t gather on Sundays with his church community. Richardson has been charged twice in the last seven weeks under the Reopening Ontario Act for holding indoor services attended by more than 10 people. (CHRIS ABBOTT/Postmedia Network)
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A Tillsonburg pastor who has continued to hold indoor services during Ontario’s emergency shutdown has been charged twice under the Reopening Ontario Act.
Steve Richardson, pastor of Faith Presbyterian Church, has been ticketed twice in the last seven weeks for services held in the church on Bidwell Street that violated emergency measures intended to slow the spread of COVID-19, an OPP spokesperson said.