Pastor Derek Reimer Sentenced 1 Year House Arrest! Part 1

As I shared in an e-mail earlier this year, Pastor Derek Reimer made national news after being arrested for peacefully protesting a Drag Queen Story event at a Calgary Public Library that was geared to children ages 6-8 years old in February of 2023.

Pastor Derek was physically thrown out of the event by other attendees. Instead of the people who grabbed Derek being charged with assault or battery, Pastor Derek was arrested and re-arrested 3 times in 5 weeks, ultimately spending 43 days in jail. Derek has received multiple criminal charges and by-law tickets totaling thousands of dollars.

According to Derek, in the following weeks, he protested at other libraries, and was successful in shutting down about 15 events.

Derek received multiple criminal charges for his various protests, which were slotted into three separate criminal trials. He was actually acquitted from the charges stemming from his February protest at Seaton Public Library (which I told you the Crown is appealing), but during an innocuous conversation with a library manager at a different Drag Story Hour event, he was charged with Criminal Harassment. This was a 12 second exchange where he told the manager as a Calgary taxpayer he disapproved of the Drag Story hour event. Derek was convicted on that charge late August 2024.

He had his sentencing hearing the end of November 2024, but didn't hear the results of that hearing until 2 days before Christmas! On December 23rd, Derek received his huge lump of coal for Christmas - 1 year house arrest, and 2 additional years of probabtion.

This unexpected news is extremely troubling. Pastor Derek will need your help to appeal this conviction.

Pastor Derek has courageously stood against the agenda to expose children to confusing gender ideologies and inappropriate adult content.

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