Progress in Aylmer case

November 22, 2002 permalink

On November 20, 2002 the judge in the Aylmer case met with lawyers for both sides. Here are messages from Henry Hildebrandt just before and after the meeting:

November 20:

Dear Ryan, The Aylmer parents are back in court this afternoon at 2:00 o'clock. The judge has summoned both sides back to "further discuss the case" which is highly unusual to do for a judge before she would give her reasons for her partial ruling in October. Please remember this situation in your prayers.

Pastor Henry Hildebrandt

November 21:

Dear Ryan,

Thank you for your prayers!

I was not allowed in the courtroom, therefore I don't know exactly what happened. According to the lawyers, not very much went on. The judge seems to be pushing the lawyers to work out a settlement. The lawyers in return asked her to make her ruling according to her findings whatever it would be.

It appears that this case is to high for her to judge. My prayer is that the Lord would just totally confound her.

Henry Hildebrandt

The Ryan mentioned above is Ryan Kidd, the source of these messages.

The other two Church of God families under investigation by CAS are "off the hook". They both received letters indicating that their cases are closed. (The first family's mother and younger children took refuge in the US for over a year beginning July 2001; recall the second family's harassment starting with a TV interview July 2002)