Legal ramifications have come down on Rev. Tony Spell, the pastor at the helm of the Life Tabernacle Church in Central that has repeatedly defied the Governor’s ban on large gatherings with congregations regularly exceeding 1,100. Central Police Chief Roger Corcoran says Spell has now been summoned.
“Well a summons is an arrest, so he was arrested for six counts of violation of the Governor’s emergency order. That is an arrest. He did sign the summons and give his fingerprint,” said Corcoran.
Spell has not been jailed for his actions. Corcoran says they’ve tried to give Spell warnings before and attempted to resolve the manner by other means throughout the week.
“We’ve talked to him repeatedly. I’ve talked to him myself personally. Myself and my assistant chief. It’s all in the statement. The Sheriff and Tony Perkins, our mayor, has talked to him this week,” said Corcoran.
Corcoran says the public’s health and safety should priority number one and Spell’s continued actions were directly working against that.
“He’s doing this for publicity and that’s not what it is about. It is about the health. When you are having these functions with all of these people, they are going out into the community and are going to be amongst other people and they are going to spread this virus,” said Corcoran.
Another service is still on the schedule for Tuesday night.
Comments