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Publishing date: May 13, 2021 • 3 hours ago • 2 minute read • Church of God Pastor, Henry Hildebrandt, arrives at the Aylmer church Thursday morning, where he was joined by dozens of congregants, just as a nearby court was deliberating whether its doors should be looked due to flagrant defiance of Ontario s laws against indoor gatherings amid COVID-19. (Mike Hensen/The London Free Press)
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A court hearing commenced Thursday morning that may lead a judge to do what Ontario’s COVID-19 laws so far haven’t – keep congregants out of Aylmer’s Church of God.
Superior Court Justice Bruce Thomas could rule to lock the church’s doors, an order sought by the Crown in response to the church’s flagrant defiance for weeks of the provincial emergency laws in place to slow the virus’s spread.
The pushback from a few religious communities in southern Ontario to public health restrictions and involvement in anti-lockdown protests is perplexing to other congregations in Waterloo Region, which have made the virtual shift to continue practicing their faith.
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