After dozens of court dates, three weeks in prison, and seven public health tickets, Calgary Pastor Tim Stephens says he is relieved after having been acquitted of all remaining charges on Nov. 1.
Stephens made the comments to The Epoch Times in an interview the day Alberta Provincial Court Judge Allen A. Fradsham declared the pastor of Calgary’s Fairview Baptist Church not guilty of “failing to comply with an order of a medical officer of health.”
The two charges were for failing to maintain two metres of social distancing as decreed by public health orders during the pandemic.
The pastor says he was issued a grand total of seven tickets in 2021, of which five were COVID-related, one was a criminal charge, and one was a contempt of court charge. All charges were withdrawn. His lawyers, Leighton Grey, and Stephen Whitehead, were funded by the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms….