Police were kicked out of a Calgary church over Easter weekend, with a pastor calling them “Nazis” after responding to a call related to COVID-19 concerns.
Pastor Artur Pawlowski of The Fortress (Cave) of the Adullam Congregation in Canada on Saturday recorded a video calling local authorities ‘Nazis’, ‘Gestapo’ and ‘Communists’, demanding that they leave the church and not must return unless they have a warrant. .
“I grew up under communism and my grandparents lived among the Nazis,” Pawlowski said. ‘My family escaped the communists in Poland and first went to Greece and then to Canada to get away from it. Millions of Jews were killed in Poland, including Auschwitz. ”
Pawlowski told the Toronto Sun that he drew the line with guns in his church.
“This is a place of worship and no place for weapons,” he said. “We have people praying here. They scared the kids. It was Passover. It’s Easter. ‘
Calgary police said there were “concerns” that Pawlowski and his congregation “are not following the COVID-19 public health orders.”
“The organizer of the event was not cooperating with the health inspector, and repeatedly raised his voice and asked that all parties leave the premises, which they did in a peaceful manner approximately one minute after entering,” police said in a statement. Calgary according to a statement said the sun.
“No tickets were issued at the time and it will be up to our partner agencies to determine the subsequent enforcement activity in response to this situation.”
Pawlowski received numerous tickets during the COVID-19 pandemic, the newspaper reported.