CANADA: Pastor Found Guilty Of ‘Criminal Harassment’ After Protesting Drag Queen Story Hour For Children

An Alberta judge convicted a pastor of ‘criminal harassment’ for protesting drag queen story hours at a public library targeting children.

“A judge found me guilty today of criminal harassment for expressing my opposition towards drag queen story hour to a library manager set on hosting the event. For posting the video of our interaction on Facebook, and saying we’ll be back (to protest) if the event continues,” pastor Derek Reimer told LifeSiteNews.

Canadian pastor convicted of “criminal harassment” for opposing drag queen story hourshttps://t.co/WjzpVMhCdQ

— The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) August 28, 2024

Per LifeSiteNews:

Reimer is the leader of MISSION7, a Christian organization that focuses on outreach to the homeless of Calgary. He told LifeSiteNews that his charges, handed to him from the Alberta Court of Justice by Justice Karen Molle on August 22, stem from incidents from March 25 to April 2.

“This charge is punishable up to two years, and I will be posting the sentencing date soon,” he noted.

While finding Reimer guilty of “criminal harassment,” Molle also acquitted him on charges of causing a disturbance, dismissing two charges alleging that he caused a public disturbance after he used a loudspeaker outside two separate drag story events. Molle ruled that these were not criminal offenses.

Additionally, Reimer was found guilty of four counts of breaching his bail conditions, which ban him from protesting outside “drag queen story time” events in Calgary.

WATCH: Pastor Derek Reimer found guilty of criminal harassment and breach of bail

Rebel News journalist Adam Soos was joined by Reimer’s legal counsel Andrew MacKenzie for an update on the court’s ruling this week.

REPORT by @ATSoos: https://t.co/1YPpP6vbXb

— Rebel News (@RebelNewsOnline) August 23, 2024

An Alberta judge found Derek Reimer guilty of ‘criminal harassment’ for expressing his opposition toward a ‘drag queen story hour’ event targeting children at a public library in Calgary.

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— LifeSiteNews (@LifeSite) August 27, 2024

From The Post Millennial:

Andrew MacKenzie, the lawyer who is representing Reimer said an appeal of the conviction is possible. Reimer was released on bail.

Reimer was also charged over the drag queen show where he was thrown to the ground. The pastor, not the people pushing him onto the floor, was charged with causing a disturbance and mischief in that altercation. It was this episode that got Reimer banished from entering any LGBTQ event. For this charge, he was also banned from being within 300 meters of any LGBT event.

The pastor has been arrested numerous times for fighting the LGBTQ agenda and once, his van was desecrated with anti-Christian messages and Satanic symbols while he was imprisoned. Last year, Calgary passed a new “Safe and Inclusive Access Bylaw” that bans “specified protests” inside and outside any buildings owned or leased by the city.

CityNews shared this report of the protest last year:

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