Thu Aug 10, 2023 – 9:07 pm EDT
(LifeSiteNews) — The Supreme Court of Canada denied an appeal by three churches in British Columbia that challenged a previous decision on COVID-19 restrictions for religious services.
The legal challenge, originally filed in 2021, sought to have the province’s complete ban on in-person worship services refuted based on protected Charter rights. Though it had previously been dismissed by provincial courts, the legal group representing the churches announced today that it had also been rejected by the nation’s highest court.
“The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms [JCCF] is disappointed that the Supreme Court of Canada has decided not to hear the case of three British Columbia churches who have challenged the total prohibition of in-person worship services that was imposed by the British Columbia government from November 2020 through to May 2021,” the group said in a press release, further noting that “the government closed all houses of worship while allowing restaurants and gyms to remain open.”
Marty Moore, a lawyer with the conservative organization, pointed out that the churches “still face prosecution for holding safe in-person worship services in 2020 and 2021” and that they “will continue to
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