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Sheriff, Jail Face Lawsuit From Church
By srpressgazette.com
Published: 08/23/2010

A complaint and injunction were served Friday on the Santa Rosa County Sheriff Wendell Hall.

The Federal lawsuit brought by Pastor Larry Webb on behalf of the First Apostolic Church seeks to prohibit Sheriff Wendall Hall of Santa Rosa County, from barring the Church’s faith based alcohol substance abuse program from the Santa Rosa County Jail.

The lawsuit alleges that inmates have been denied Baptism rights, and that the Church’s volunteers have been removed from the Jail. The Motion for Injunction indicates that the group had been previously barred from the Jail in a prior instance in 2008, but the matter was resolved after intervention of the American Center for Law and Justice (“ACLJ”).

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