During Easter weekend, Calgary Pastor Artur Pawlowski made international headlines after he released video of him kicking police and health officials off of church property after they tried to shut down service.
A few weeks later he joined the czar to discuss the harassment he’s faced from the government and his refusal to back down (the interview is embedded at the bottom of the page).
Over the weekend, Pawlowski was stopped on his way home from church and arrested for violation the Public Health Act.
The pastor’s brother, Dawid, was also taken into custody.
"Both have been charged with organizing an illegal in-person gathering, in addition to “requesting, inciting or inviting others” to join them, said the Calgary Police Service in a statement.
“It is important to understand that law enforcement recognizes people’s desire to participate in faith-based gatherings as well as the right to protest. However, as we find ourselves in the midst of a global pandemic, we all must comply with public health orders in order to ensure everyone’s safety and wellbeing,” the police service said.”
In an interview from jail with Rebel News, Pastor Pawlowski says:
"the more people will see what's going on, the more people will rise up and we'll have more condemnation. We need to clean our political system. We need to clean the corruption. We have to make those people uncomfortable again."
Here’s the interview Pawlowski did the Czar last month: