Posts were circulating Thursday on social media sharing news that street preacher Pastor Art Pawlowski of the Cave of Adullum church in SE Calgary was removed from the Calgary Remand Centre where he was being held, and was taken to the Edmonton Remand Centre..He was moved at midday on Friday..The pastor was granted bail Friday after his arrest over six weeks ago for his activity with protesters at a Coutts, Alberta..But he will stay behind bars until charges are dealt with..The judge ruled that Pawlowski need not remain behind bars pending his trial over allegations he incited protesters near Milk River, Alberta, to continue with their Coutts border blockade..Pawlowski faces three charges in connection with a speech on February 3 he gave to Coutts protesters the most serious of which was the charge of mischief. A judge denied him release on February 9 saying he was a threat to “public safety,” but Court of Queen’s Bench Justice Gaylene Kendall granted him bail Friday after a review..He was also charged with breaching an earlier release order to keep the peace and a charge under the provincial Critical Infrastructure Defence Act..The pastor’s son, Nathaniel Pawlowski spoke with the Western Standard on Friday evening and offered an update on the pastor’s situation..“So today, the judge issued a verdict that [Pawlowski] will be released under very strict conditions except he will have to remain in prison because there were additional charges laid while he was in prison,” his son said..Pawlowski will have to raise $25,000 in bail as well as a $10,000 surety from his wife and an additional $2,000 from his son..Additionally, Pawlowski will be under curfew from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. and is not allowed to participate in any protests, but is allowed to conduct religious services at specific times..Nathaniel told the Western Standard his father had been charged with additional offences while still being held in prison and would need bail granted for the extra charges..“He has to be granted bail for those [additional charges] before he’ll be released. So our lawyers are working to have that date set as soon as possible. Soonest could be Monday, latest in about two weeks,” said Nathaniel..In previous communications to supporters and family, Pawloski, whilst still in the Calgary Remand Centre, described having to endure a cold and squalid cell. On arrival in Edmonton Thursday, he told his son over the course of a few calls that his new accommodations were little improved..“So he was actually placed in administrative segregation, which is a cell with no windows and no human contact. So absolutely no human contact. He is in absolute isolation. He said the cell is absolutely freezing. They have the AC turned on maximum and he had no blanket. So that was yesterday,” Nathaniel said.. Edmonton-Remand-Centre-FBImage from Flickr .The matter was raised by Pawlowski’s lawyers after which Pawlowski’s circumstances were addressed and he was moved..“So that was brought up in court today, and right after the court case my Dad called and he said they had moved him to the mental ward. So the people there have mental issues. He was placed into that ward. So he actually just called from there and he said he doesn’t know how much time he’s going to be granted out of his cell, and stuff like that. But they moved him from the administrative segregation to the mental ward,” Pawlowski’s son said..Pastor Art seemed to appreciate the alternative locale. His son explained things were better for his father..“He said, at least he has contact with people. And you know, he can talk to people and he likes that a lot more because he can at least pray for people and do what he was doing at the Calgary Remand Centre, which was on his break. He’d even have Bible study and pray with some of the inmates when they were on their one-hour, two-hour break in a day. So he can do that now,” said Nathaniel..Groups of supporters were regularly protesting at the Calgary Remand Centre for Pawlowski’s release. Asked whether Pawlowski would find the same support in Edmonton he had in Calgary, Nathaniel said he thought he might..“There is a large congregation that supports [Pawlowski] in Edmonton. One of the pastors has 200 or 300 congregants. He called me a few weeks ago. So I’m not sure if they’re going to be planning anything at the [Edmonton] Remand Centre. But we do have some some friends there,” Nathaniel said..Pawlowski’s son did speak of the toll the incarceration was having on his father..“Well, yesterday he was very heavy-hearted. He was down because they moved him. I mean, he already built such a great relationship with many of the inmates in his [previous] unit. He had lots of friends. He had a great relationship with them, so leaving them was was not great, and being placed in a cell with no windows freezing and uncomfortable was very disheartening. But today, after the knowledge that he was [granted bail] for those charges, he was doing much, much better, and also being moved to a different unit. He felt much better,” Pawlowski’s son concluded..Amanda Brown is a reporter with the Western Standard.,.abrown@westernstandardonline.com.,.Twitter: @WS_JournoAmanda
