Pastor denounces religious intolerance in PM's approach to worship in PB Evangelical pastor Leonardo Silva denounced having been a victim of religious intolerance during an approach by the Military Police in Cajazeiras, in the Sertão of Paraíba. The case occurred on Tuesday night (14), during a service in the north of the city. ? Click here to follow the g1 PB channel on WhatsApp According to the religious man's report to g1, he was preaching at the altar when, around 8pm, two vehicles arrived at the scene due to a report of a disturbance of the peace. “Two Military Police vehicles arrived when I was at the pulpit preaching, at the altar, and a brother from the church, ‘Pastor, the police are calling outside.’ Then I got down from the altar, stopped, asked what had happened, and they said it was a report of loud noise,” he said. The pastor stated that the volume of the sound was reduced, but a disagreement began after a member of the church complained about the police approach. Pastor was taken to the police station Leonardo Silva/Personal file “She went to the police officer and said: ‘Boy, if it was a wall with worldly music, no one would report it, but because it’s an evangelical church, it’s sound for God, the people complain.’ She just said that, and he approaches with strength in his heart, in his eyes, and says: ‘Get out of here, Satan'”, reported the pastor. Upon seeing the scene, the pastor told the agents that the woman had not said "anything much" and asked the police officer not to speak that way to the faithful. Then one of the police officers asked him if he would like to be arrested. "Then I asked why I was being arrested. I said: 'If you want to arrest me, you can arrest me, but I'm not doing anything'. At that point, he pulled my hand back and put on handcuffs," he said. The pastor was taken to the Cajazeiras Civil Police station and released shortly afterwards. What the Military Police say The PM commander in Cajazeiras, Colonel Hugo, informed that the corporation's General Command is monitoring the case. He declared that the pastor was taken to the police station for the crime of noise pollution. "The general commander has already commented on the case, but I can say that the aforementioned pastor committed a crime of noise pollution. The incident was carried out as it should have been, we took the victim and the accused to the police station", said the colonel. g1 contacted the General Command of the Military Police of Paraíba to find out what procedure was adopted, but had not received a response until the last update of this report. Most watched videos from g1 Paraíba