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Ohio City Officials Attack Pastor For Helping Unhoused, Immediately Regret It

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January 25, 2024

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Ohio city officials are now facing national outcry and a public legal battle after attempting to charge a pastor with legal consequences for sheltering unhoused people in his church amid freezing cold temperatures. John Iadarola and David Shuster break it down on The Damage Report.

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Ohio Pastor Files Federal Lawsuit Over Charges for Helping Homeless

"An attorney for Pastor Chris Avell said city officials have launched a "smear campaign of innuendo and half-truths" to get him to stop hosting homeless people in his church.

Chris Avell, a pastor in Bryan, Ohio who opened his church to the city's "vulnerable" residents to give them a place to stay amid freezing winter weather, is suing city officials over what he says is "discrimination" and "harassment" stemming from criminal charges he faced for providing housing for homeless people.

Avell filed a federal lawsuit on Monday against the city of Bryan, Mayor Carrie Schlade, Police Department Capt. Jamie Mendez, zoning official Andrew Waterson, and Fire Chief Doug Pool."

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