WINDSOR, ONT. Chatham-Kent police have charged another church member as they continue to receive and investigate complaints about gatherings at churches across the region. Police say a member of the Old Colony Mennonite Church on Grove Mills Line in Dresden was charged on Monday, in connection with a gathering on May 16. Officers reported about 42 vehicles were observed in the parking lot and about 50 to 60 people were inside the church. The 58-year-old Dresden man was charged with failing to comply with a continued 7.0.2 order as per Ontario Regulation 364/20, of the Reopening Ontario Act, 2020. He will be required to attend Provincial Offences Court on June 30.
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Two more gatherings at Old Colony Mennonite churches in Chatham-Kent have led to two more charges against church members under the Reopening Ontario Act.
A 38-year-old Dresden man was charged by Chatham-Kent police after a gathering Monday morning at the Old Colony Mennonite Church on Grove Mills Line in Dresden.
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A 46-year-old Tilbury man was charged by police after a gathering Monday morning at the Old Colony Mennonite Church on Wheatley Road in Wheatley.
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The charges continue to pile up for services held at local Old Colony Mennonite Churches.
Monday morning, police responded to a gathering at the church on Grove Mills Line in Dresden. A 38-year-old Dresden man has been charged with failing to comply with the Reopening Ontario Act.
Meantime, officers were also called out to the Old Colony church on Wheatley Road. In that case, a 46-year-old Tilbury man was charged.
Just yesterday, police said another member of the Wheatley church was charged under the Reopening Ontario Act for a gathering held on Sunday.
The province’s stay at home order prohibits indoor church service with more than 10 people in attendance.
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For yet another time, a Mennonite church in Wheatley was found to be violating COVID-19 rules on indoor gatherings.
Chatham-Kent police said officers responded to a complaint over the weekend and visited the Old Colony Mennonite Church on Wheatley Road where they discovered an illegal gathering.
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A member of the church described as a 46-year-old Tilbury man is facing a charge under the Reopening Ontario Act. He’s been scheduled for a court date in July.
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