Chatham-Kent Police Service officials allege: On Sunday, May 2, 2021 police responded to the report of a gathering at the Old Colony Mennonite Church on Grove Mills Line in Dresden.
When the officer arrived, he observed 56 cars in the parking lot with additional cars arriving.
Upon completion of the church service, approximately 73 people were observed leaving the church with no one wearing masks.
Last night, a member of the church, a 38-year-old Dresden man was charged with failing to comply with a continued 7.0.2 order as per Ontario Regulation 364/20, of the Reopening Ontario Act, 2020, section 10(1).
He will be required to attend Provincial Offences Court on June 16, 2021.
