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The city of Chicago has dismissed both âdisorderly conduct and mob actionâ citations against Pastor Cristian Ionescu of Elim Romanian Pentecostal Church and Pastor Florin Cimpean of Philadelphia Romanian Church for holding a morning and an evening service on May 17, 2020. The pastors were charged for having more than 10 people in their large sanctuaries for worship.
Liberty Counsel represents Elim Romanian Pentecostal Church and Logos Baptist Ministries and will file a motion for summary judgment to the lower district court in their federal lawsuit against Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker. The churches are returning to the district court with the now overwhelming number of decisions from the Supreme Court and other federal courts of appeal striking down discriminatory executive orders against churches and places of worship.
<p><img width="350" height="219" src="/media/17259869/church-locked 350x219.jpg" alt="church locked down 2" class="ImageFloatLeft"/>A year after citing two Illinois churches for “disorderly conduct” and “mob action” citations because they held in-person Sunday services with more than 10 people despite COVID-19 restrictions targeting churches last May, the City of Chicago dismissed both charges.</p>
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A pair of Illinois churches that were cited for holding worship services last year despite lockdown orders in response to the COVID-19 pandemic have had the charges against them dropped.
The city of Chicago accused Elim Romanian Pentecostal Church and Philadelphia Romanian Church of “disorderly conduct” and “mob action” for holding services in May 2020.
However, in an order released Monday, Chicago’s Department of Administrative Hearings announced that the churches would not be penalized for holding the services.
The Liberty Counsel, a conservative law firm representing Elim Church and Logos Baptist Ministries in litigation over the restrictions, celebrated the order.
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