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Aylmer police have charged the Church of God with breaching Ontario’s emergency COVID-19 rules, officials with the church say.
Controversial pastor Henry Hildebrandt livestreamed to Facebook from his home and church Wednesday evening, showing two Aylmer police officers trying to hand over a summons, the order for the Church of God to appear in provincial offences court next month.
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Police allege the Church of God violated the Reopening Ontario Act, the provincial rules governing the COVID-19 lockdown, by playing host to a public event that exceeded the permitted number of people. At the Dec. 27 worship service, “a large number of people” were outside their vehicles and sitting together, police say.
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Aylmer police have charged the Church of God with breaching Ontario’s emergency COVID-19 rules, officials with the church say.
Controversial pastor Henry Hildebrandt livestreamed to Facebook from his home and church Wednesday evening, showing two Aylmer police officers trying to hand over a summons, the order for the Church of God to appear in provincial offences court next month.
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Police allege the Church of God violated the Reopening Ontario Act, the provincial rules governing the COVID-19 lockdown, by playing host to a public event that exceeded the permitted number of people. At the Dec. 27 worship service, “a large number of people” were outside their vehicles and sitting together, police say.
LONDON, ONT. Tensions continue to rise in Aylmer, Ont. as local residents are taking a stand against the Church of God (COG) and its philosophies. Dozens of cars filled with protestors lined John St. North in the southwestern Ontario town Sunday morning. We are protesting the lack of responsibility in regards to the health measures that the COG and friends are unwilling to take, says Anastasia Gelinas, one of the organizers of the protest. They all get together every week without masks and not social distancing, and the negative press is affecting the residents. Among those in line was Kyle Tomlin. He is an Aylmer home-care PSW
Author of the article: Dale Carruthers
Publishing date: Jan 01, 2021 • January 1, 2021 • 3 minute read • Church of God Pastor Henry Hildebrandt holds up a copy of the Bible on a stage in the Aylmer area church s parking lot in April. Some townspeople are fighting back against his stand against pandemic restrictions by protesting across the road from the church. (Derek Ruttan/The London Free Press)
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Another protest is planned for Sunday outside an Aylmer church where the pastor’s son was charged last weekend with hosting an illegal gathering and obstructing police.
Aylmer resident Rayne Gelinas, who organized the demonstration that drew around two dozen vehicles to the Church of God last Sunday, said she expects an even larger turnout this weekend.
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