Montreal Church Launches Legal Challenge Over City’s Handling of US Christian Performer’s Event

Christian musician Sean Feucht of California preaches to the crowd during a rally at Wesley Bolin Memorial Plaza outside the Arizona State Capitol in Phoenix, Ariz., on Oct. 19, 2024. Rebecca Noble/AFP via Getty Images

A Montreal church is seeking a judicial review of the city’s response to a summer event that featured U.S. Christian performer Sean Feucht.

The City of Montreal cancelled a Feucht event that had been scheduled for a public venue in July. When the church Ministerios Restauración/Église MR offered to host Feucht as a replacement venue for the event, the city fined the church $2,500, saying it did not have a permit for the event.