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Coronavirus: Aylmer, Ont., police consulting with Crown over ‘drive-in’ services at local church

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Aylmer, Ont., police are taking the next step in their investigation into a local church for allegedly violating the province’s emergency orders by holding “drive-in” church services amid the novel coronavirus pandemic.

Aylmer police announced Tuesday it was consulting with the Crown attorney’s office after The Church of God held a third parking lot service on Sunday, despite warnings from police.

Police said approximately 61 carloads of people could be seen filling the church’s parking lot as Pastor Henry Hildebrandt preached from a raised platform through the congregants’ car radios.

Parishioners were asked to stay inside their vehicles with the windows rolled up. Two police officers were on hand for the service collecting video and other

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