Volunteers of New Beginnings Houston, a religious nonprofit, have spent more than a year renovating a former nursing home in Canton, Texas, that the nonprofit means to convert into a homeless shelter and church. (Courtesy photo/Joe Donalson)
“It is clear that defendants intend to continue to occupy and to use the property and structure that is unfit, dangerous and lacks basic health and safety requirements,” the city of Canton alleged.
August 12, 2019 at 07:46 PM
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A religious rights dispute between a church that runs homeless shelters and a small Texas municipality is growing more complicated after the city filed its own lawsuit alleging the church has shirked health and safety codes.
The city initially filed its lawsuit Aug. 9 in Van Zandt County District Court, but the case has been removed to Tyler’s federal court, as well. It alleged New Beginnings Fellowship Church of Houston and minister Joe Donalson have violated city ordinances and regulations.
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