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Drug Raid On Church of Universal Love and Music Leads to 22 Arrests

By Howard M. Friedman

In Fayette County, Pennsylvania on Saturday, the County Drug Taskforce arrested 22 people in a raid on the Church of Universal Love and Music. Yesterday's Pittsburg Post-Gazette reports that the raid took place during a 3-day music festival attended by around 800 people. Earlier this year, the church entered a settlement in a suit brought by it under RLUIPA challenging the county's denial of zoning permission for it to use property in an agricultural area for religious concerts. Under the settlement the Church may host up to 12 event per year, with a maximum crowd of 1,500 at each. The county claimed that the organization was actually operating as a music business rather than as a church. (See prior posting.)

Full post as published by Religion Clause on August 03, 2009 (boomark / email).