Manitoba pastor Tobias Tissen, 4 others convicted for breaking COVID-19 gathering restrictions – CBC

Tissen, Patrick Allard, Todd McDougall, Sharon Vickner and Gerald Bohemier admitted to breaking limits

Aug 24, 2022

Five Manitobans have been convicted of repeatedly violating COVID-19 public health orders.

Tobias Tissen — a pastor at the Church of God Restoration near Sarto, Man., in the rural municipality of Hanover — and Patrick Allard, an opponent of COVID-19 restrictions who ran in a byelection for the provincial Fort Whyte seat earlier this year, were among the five people who admitted to breaking limits on outdoor public gatherings in 2020 and 2021.

“I can’t put into words how disappointed and insecure I feel in Canada,” Tissen said.

On Wednesday, provincial court Judge Victoria Cornick convicted Tissen and Allard — along with Todd McDougall, Sharon Vickner and Gerald Bohemier — based on a statement of facts agreed to by their lawyers.

Surrounded by a full courtroom of supporters, plus a few in the hallway, the five people received the judge’s ruling.

Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/manitobans-admit-to-breaking-covid-19-restrictions-1.6560967

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