By Jan Bellamy and Robin Boyle
Hillsdale Daily News
An Allen woman is protesting her arrest Sunday for trespassing at Allen Baptist Church.
While the elderly woman is arguing the arrest violates her First Amendment rights, local authorities describe the incident as simple trespassing.
The saga began over the winter when Karolyn Caskey said she received a letter in February, indicating the congregation no longer wanted her to be a member.
Speaking from her home Monday, Caskey said, “I’ve been a member of that church since 1959.”
She was in Florida for the winter when she received the letter.
When she returned to Allen, she went to the church, located on M-49, just south of U.S. 12, to worship.
“Do you have to be a member just to go to church?” Caskey said she asked several church members as she was being handcuffed by a Hillsdale County Sheriff’s deputy Sunday morning.Click here to read the rest of this story. Courtesy of Media Spotlight, Fall 2007 newsletter.
