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Criminal Charges Against VA Pastor Who Held In-Person Palm Sunday Service Dropped

July 16, 2020 by Staff

(Liberty Counsel) The Commonwealth of Virginia has dropped the criminal charges against Pastor Kevin Wilson of Lighthouse Fellowship Church on Chincoteague Island. 

As a result of Virginia Governor Northam’s unconstitutional COVID Order 55, police served a summons to Pastor Kevin Wilson for holding a church service on Palm Sunday for 16 people spaced far apart in a sanctuary that is rated for 293 people. The penalty included up to a year in jail and a $2,500 fine. The general district court for Accomack County has now dropped the charges.

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