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THE CHILLIWACK PROGRESS, Wednesday, November 6, 1991 A3 a 3 INSIDE INFORMATION FROM SANTA ABOUT SERGERS El 7 -J? 'J i Wis I 1 Louella Johnsen, serging specialist, teacher, and notions entrepreneur Louella will be at Hamel's Fabrics on Friday, November 15th Two sessions, 10:30 A or 1 30 PM $300 registration will ensure seating Please register early. If you haven't yet decided on a Serger, Louella will show you why a Serger is a must See how the Serger can be used to its fullest capability not just seam finishes and serging, but new creative techniques to open new doors in sewing I'ltiilit Rotx-rl kiiopnuns The trial of Walter Aaron Rempel, of Clearbrook, started yesterday (Tuesday) in B.C. Supreme Court in Chilliwack, He faces sex-related charges involving minors, and allegedly occurring in Yarrow. Pholo by Robert Ktmpmans Press photographers were grabbed and pushed outside Chilliwack court yesterday (Tuesday) as supporters attempted to prevent photos of Rempel from being taken. Here freelance photographer Jeff Vinnick, working for the Vancouver Sun, grapples with a Rempel supporter.

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downtown chilliwack 792-9633 kept a careful distance from each other in the halls of Chilliwack's courthouse. Members of Rempel 's family cried openly during breaks in the trial hugging each other in the halls of the courthouse. Supreme Court Justice John Hall imposed a publication ban after a request by Crown counsel Jack Gibson. RempcTs defence lawyer, Georges Goyer, consented to the ban. tional Institute in Matsqui.

is facing four sex-related charges involving two Chilliwack-area teens in 19X0. Rempel was also a music teacher at A.D. Rundle Junior Secondary School during the late 1970s. Remple pleaded not guilty to to all four charges. The Supreme Court trial was filled to near capacity with somber looking men and women.

Rempel supporters and friends of the alleged victims By Paul Bucci Staff Reporter Emotions run high during the first day of Mcnnonitc pastor Walter Aaron Rempel 's sexual assault trial Chilliwack provincial court yesterday (Tuesday). Rempel, who is on the pastoral staff of the Eben-Ezer Mennonite Church in Clearbrook, and a former teacher at the Mennonite Educa fondled the girls' breasts and vaginas, and placed his penis between the legs of one of the victims. The offences were alleged to have taken place while Rempel was a pastor at the Mennonite Brethern Church in Yarrow. The Rempel case has caused division among some members of the Mennonite community. Tuesday's trial concentrated on testimony from the two alleged victims, who can't be identified due to the court ban.

One victim travelled from Saskatchewan to attend the trial. One of the victim's husbands also testified. The court heard testimony from RCMP Const. Timothy Jespersen before going into a voir dire (a trial within a trial, usually held to determine the admissibility of evidence). The trial continues today (Wednesday) and is expected to last four days.

Supporters ringed Rempel as he entered and left the courthouse throughout the trial. At least eight supporters surrounded Rempel as he returned from lunch forming a human wall against curious onlookers. The same supporters obstructed two press photograpers. forcibly pressing their hands against camera lenses and preventing access to the accused man. Tempers dared at the end of the trial when one Rempel supporter briefly blocked the exit of a member of the press.

Rempel was hustled out of the courthouse through a rear door. The accused was arrested in June, I WO. The four offences are alleged to have taken place between Jan. i 980 and Dec 31. 1981 in Yarrow.

The charges include two counts each of gross indecency, and indecent assault. The Crown alleges that in separate incidences, the accused Church denies Rempel defence fund Rempel was a full-time pastor of music at Eben-Ezer but is currently still working with the church at its Wednesday night Bible school for adults, according to head deacon Henry Bergen. But the letter states that Rempel continues to "minister to our children and and pray for their safety Bergen said there are people in the congregation who want to keep this "ball referring to the controversy over Rumpel's charges. "The general feeling here is to support him. but I am aware there are individuals who are the minority and who are looking for trouble," said Bergen.

Leaders of the Eben-Ezer Mennonite Church in Clearbrook deny the church has organized a legal defence fund for a former music pastor who is facing sex-related charges involving minors. The Progress received a letter from a female congregation member who claims that $50,000 has been collected for the defence fund of Walter Aaron Rempel, whose trial started yesterday (Tuesday) in B.C. Supreme Court in Chilliwack. "I have not heard of this so it is not something organiz.ed by the church," said Pastor Abe Buhler on Monday. pnnriciPSCTionl S3 (ENGINE RFBUli Of HS rv a TIME IS RUNNING BUT YOU CAN STILL ORDER IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS DELIVERY "THOUSANDS THOUSANDS OF PARTS IN STOCK" "PROFESSIONAL MACHINE SHOP SERVICE" VENETIAN BLINDS (OFFER ENDS DEC.

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