A Southern Baptist church is suing the border town of San Luis, Arizona, accusing city officials of harassment in a bid to shut down the congregation's 25-year-old feeding program for the poor.
A Southern Baptist church is suing the border town of San Luis, Arizona, accusing city officials of harassment in a bid to shut down the congregation’s 25-year-old feeding program for the poor.
In September, city officials began sending notices to the church saying its food ministry violated zoning codes and could only be authorized in areas zoned for commercial or industrial use, the church’s “Because of Mayor Riedel, there are people tonight who are going to go to bed without enough food,” said Jeremy Dys, a senior counsel at First Liberty Institute, the public interest law firm representing Gethsemani Baptist.
Gethsemani says that Pastor Jose Manuel Castro was fined $4,000 in late February over a delivery error in which a truck parked briefly on the street instead of at a remote location. Its filing notes that one more citation for Mr. Castro could increase to a “Class 1 Misdemeanor,” with a potential penalty of a $2,500 fine and up to six months in jail.
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