Pastor Paul Wilson

Chad Oba

The pastor of two Baptist churches near a proposed natural gas fired 53,515 horsepower compressor station — part of the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) project — is decrying the alleged threat of arrest of seven women who attended a recent jobs announcement in Buckingham by Gov. Terry McAuliffe.

By Jordan Miles

“On Thursday, October 27 … seven faithful, spiritual women were told they would be arrested if they didn’t leave an event you were headlining in Buckingham County,” Pastor Paul Wilson, who preaches at Union Grove and Union Hill Baptist churches, said in an open letter to McAuliffe.

Virginia State Police (VSP) spokeswoman Corinne Geller said “at the property owner’s request, a state police sergeant simply directed those not on the event roster to stage at the entrance to the property.”

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