Pastor of mega church arrested for unlawful assembly

[LSUmiss]

I can't get the link to open. Is it the same guy that was interviewed on Dr. Phil the other day? He made it pretty clear he was planning to persist because he thought he was fighting for some civil right or something. With that motive, it's likely his arrest has caused him to double-down.

I didn’t see the dr Phil episode. But, yes, this sounds like the same thing.

 

[LSUmiss]

He thinks the virus is a political ploy. He wants money. He is a con man.

Yep. Imo most of those are.

 

[Cannot_Wait_4Disney]

Did you see that idiot got out of jail & went back out & did it again?? The story is on Nightline right now. So proud

Good times in Red Stick. Good times.
He says he's going to keep doing it.
Quarantine the whole bunch of them and arrest the pastor. Keep him the entire allowable time before you charge him with something.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/24/us/louisiana-pastor-spell-coronavirus/?hpt=ob_blogfooterold

 

[NotUrsula]

I don't see why they don't put the idiot under house arrest and condemn the church complex buildings for health code violations. Just padlock the place and impound the bus fleet. He claims he has a whole crew of backup preachers ready to take up the torch if he is taken. So let them preach ... just not to a captive audience inside a building or 7.

If ever there was a time to use trumped-up charges to buy time, this is it.

 

[SaintsManiac]

It's about to be a real circus. That's all I will say.

 

[mommy2allyandaveri]

One of our local churches is also continuing to hold church sessions like nothing is going on. 1/3 of our cases have been linked to churches

 

[ronandannette]

I don't see why they don't put the idiot under house arrest and condemn the church complex buildings for health code violations. Just padlock the place and impound the bus fleet. He claims he has a whole crew of backup preachers ready to take up the torch if he is taken. So let them preach ... just not to a captive audience inside a building or 7.

If ever there was a time to use trumped-up charges to buy time, this is it.

They could be preaching and offering ministry all they want without restriction on-line, like the millions and millions of other Christians across North America are doing it. It's not about that. This guy has another agenda which he clearly stated on Dr. Phil last week. He thinks he is defending your constitutional rights to free assembly and stopped just short of saying he thought this was a directed attack on religious freedom. He won't stop and his followers won't stop. Him getting arrested only makes him a martyr and probably strengthens the resolve of the "movement" or whatever they call it.

 

[DisneyOma]

Good times in Red Stick. Good times.
He says he's going to keep doing it.
Quarantine the whole bunch of them and arrest the pastor. Keep him the entire allowable time before you charge him with something.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/24/us/louisiana-pastor-spell-coronavirus/?hpt=ob_blogfooterold

Found out this whack-a-doodle is a distant relative by marriage. He's linked through our most conservative branch of my family tree, but even those relatives are calling him an idiot, surprisingly!

 

[kymom99]

They could be preaching and offering ministry without restriction on-line, like the millions and millions of other Christians across North America are doing it. It's not about that. This guy has another agenda which he clearly stated on Dr. Phil last week. He thinks he is defending your constitutional rights to free assembly and stopped just short of saying he thought this was a directed attack on religious freedom. He won't stop and his followers won't stop. Him getting arrested only makes him a martyr and probably strengthens the resolve of the "movement" or whatever they call it.

The person I know going to church in Ohio says when they close the abortion clinics and liquor stores he will consider not going to church. You just can’t reason with people.

 

[mel2014]

This is a story from my community about one of the largest disease clusters in the country arising from a church that stopped large gatherings two weeks ago but continued small "fellowship gatherings." I can only imagine how bad it would be if they kept up the large services: https://www.sacbee.com/news/coronavirus/article241715346.html