In 2020 as the lockdowns went into full banana republic, church members from Christ Church in Moscow, Idaho were arrested and charged for violating Covid protocols. Three years later, the city has settled the lawsuit.

A liberal college town in Idaho is paying $300,000 to three Christian churchgoers who sued the city after being arrested for not wearing masks at an outside service during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The city of Moscow announced this week that it would settle with Gabriel Rench, as well as Sean and Rachel Bohnet, who brought a case against city leaders in March 2021 that alleged their rights under the First and Fourth Amendments were violated when they were arrested at an outdoor “psalm sing” conducted by leaders from their church in September 2020.