Christians arrested for maskless outdoor church service to get payout from liberal college town
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A Democrat-run college town in Idaho is paying out a $300,000 settlement to three churchgoers arrested during a 2020 outdoor "psalm sing" that garnered national attention.
Moscow, home to the University of Idaho, is a town of approximately 25,000 people about 80 miles south of Spokane, Washington. Christ Church is a local congregation of approximately 1,000 people belonging to the Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches. Jon Brown is a writer for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to jon.brown@fox.com.
Footage of the arrests, which went viral and were condemned on Twitter at the time by then-President Trump, showed officers taking Rench's hymn book before leading him away in handcuffs to the county jail, where he and the others were detained for several hours.