Pastor James Coates was arrested in Canada for conducting a religious cult against coronavirus regulations and his wife, Erin Coates, is now speaking out against the injustices of the country that created it.
“This is definitely not the nation I grew up in,” she told Tucker Carlson Tonight on Thursday. “For a while, I think our freedoms were slowly taken away from us, and so slowly over time that we didn’t even realize it.”
Coates said her husband, a pastor who “gave his life to sacrifice and love other people,” being behind bars is not shocking to anyone, illustrating how Canadians are becoming desensitized to stripped freedom.
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“We are on a dangerous road right now,” she said. “And I think because we have been in the pot for so long, boiling, people are not really realizing the danger we face as a nation.”
While international authorities choose who is prosecuted for disobeying pandemic orders, the pastor’s wife said she believes her husband was chosen by an “enemy” who is against the Christian faith.
“Yes, we have a real and absolute enemy and he uses people to reach God’s ministers,” she said. “We know this from the Scriptures; we know this from the history of the church. And therefore, I really believe that they are being targeted in our country ”.
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James Coates was denied bail, but is expected to be released in the near future, still facing at least one charge. His wife reported that he is going through difficult times in prison.
“He is not able to shepherd the people he loves, he is not able to challenge his mind, he is not able to serve the way he loves to serve people,” she said. “This is difficult for him.”