Every hour for the past year the bells ring at Cathedral of Christ the King in North Phoenix, but those bells could soon be silenced.
“I still can’t figure out what law I have broken, but I was found guilty today in court,” said Bishop Rick Painter.
Painter was convicted of two counts of creating “an unreasonably loud, disturbing and unnecessary noise.”
“We’re expressing our religion we glorify God by the bells,” he said.
The City of Phoenix sent this statement to ABC 15:
“The City of Phoenix Prosecutor’s Office charged Rick Painter with 2 counts of a Phoenix City Code Violation of § 23-12 for creating “an unreasonably loud, disturbing and unnecessary noise.” The listed dates of violation are March 16, 2008 and March 26, 2008. The charges were a result of neighborhood complaints of the church bells ringing every half hour on the March 16th date of violation and hourly on the March 26th date of violation. At all times, the neighbors complained the bells were ringing at a high volume. Though the complaints list a single date, we do that for legal reasons, but the neighbors testified the ringing was ongoing and continues to this day.”
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