Michael Higgins: Musician and pastor Sean Feucht raises Indigenous ire by cancelling himself
Prayer service at First Nations reserve called off because he was 'appalled with the sleeping conditions' provided
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Kawartha First Nations, Ont. — Controversial American musician and pastor Sean Feucht, who has been deplatformed and unwelcome at venues throughout Eastern Canada, is now himself under fire for cancelling a prayer service at a First Nations reserve.
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Kawartha First Nations, near Fenelon Falls, Ont., reached out to Feucht last week after learning that six of his concert events in Eastern Canada had been cancelled.
Feucht and an entourage turned up around midnight Saturday to inspect accommodation and the venue at the First Nations Treasure Island Resort and were less than pleased.
“Maybe he heard Treasure Island Resort and thought it was more glamorous,” said Chief William of the Kawartha First Nations in an interview with National Post.
The resort is more humble than the word would suggest, catering as it does to selling ATVs, servicing people who drive them and offering some accommodation to homeless types.
“Even if the accommodations weren’t the Taj Mahal, we believe worship is about humility, not comfort,” said Deputy Chief Steve Lesperance in a statement.
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