And normally, obeying Jesus and obeying the government go right in hand. This morning in Stony Plain provincial court he continued to refuse to agree with those conditions.”Ĭoates’ attorney James Kitchen, who works with the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms, said: “His first obedience is to his Lord, is to his God. He remained in custody overnight after refusing to agree to those conditions. It added, “Following a bail hearing before a justice of the peace, Coates was to be released on conditions. “Observations were made that the pastor was not complying with his undertaking release conditions, and the church was not in compliance with the public health order.” Officials “attended the GraceLife Church to assess compliance in relation to conditions issued to the pastor on Feb. 7,” police said in a statement Wednesday. The pastor turned himself in to police on Tuesday, according to the Edmonton Journal, which reported that he was charged with two counts for contravention of the Public Health Act and also charged for failing to comply with a condition of his undertaking. On Sunday, police and health officials attended the service and found that the pastor continued to defy his release conditions, and he was charged a second time. Police initially arrested Coates after he held services for a second time, on charges of allegedly violating the Public Health Act, but later released him after serving an undertaking with conditions. Pastor James Coates of GraceLife Church in Edmonton, who remained in custody as of early Saturday, held services for three consecutive weeks after the church was ordered to close at the end of January for reportedly violating restrictions on maximum gathering capacity and not following physical distancing, according to CTV News Edmonton. The pastor of a church in Canada remains in police custody for the fourth day on Saturday after being charged with violating Alberta’s COVID-19 rules and refusing to comply with his bail conditions. By Anugrah Kumar, Christian Post Contributor Saturday, FebruCanada and Alberta flags | Getty Images
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