As reported by LifeSiteNews last month, Pastor Derek Reimer of Mission 7 Ministries was in Alberta Court of King's Bench in December of 2024 for sentencing regarding a guilty verdict issued in October 2024.

Right before Christmas, on December 23, 2024, he was notified of his sentence.

"I was sentenced to a year on house arrest and two years' probation for opposing drag queen story hour to a librarian manager determined to host the event. After 22 months on bail and 43 days in jail, when it's all over will be nearly five years for this disagreement," Reimer told LifeSiteNews.

Government lawyers wanted a one-year jail sentence and probation for Reimer, who was hit with criminal harassment and breaching bail condition charges for protesting "drag queen story hours" targeting children at the Saddletown Library in the spring of 2023.

Reimer's lawyer, Andrew MacKenzie, said that the library manager had used the word "upset," which he claimed [does] not constitute a type of reaction to one getting harassed.

'The Lord is at work,' 'I trust Him' says Reimer, who vows appeal of 'house arrest'

In speaking with LifeSiteNews, Reimer noted how he was prepared for "incarceration but expected a conditional sentence."

"The Lord definitely gave me peace through the hearing," he said, adding that he and others prayed "in a packed courtroom full of supporters, some crown prosecutors, sheriffs, and the clerk."

"I'm thankful there wasn't a condition prohibiting me from using application in public anymore."

Reimer noted how he was "thankful" he was able to be at "home with my wife and newborn son for Christmas."

"Despite this unjust verdict and disproportionate sentence, the Lord is at work here, and I trust Him in the progress, as we move towards filing an appeal," he told LifeSiteNews... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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