The mayor of Saguenay, Que., is expected to react this morning to yesterday's Supreme Court of Canada decision striking down prayer at municipal council meetings.
In a unanimous decision, the top court said reciting a Catholic prayer at council meetings infringes on freedom of conscience and religion.
Mayor Jean Tremblay denied interview requests Wednesday following the ruling, but is expected to speak at 10 a.m. ET at Sagenuay city hall.
The case had been making its way through tribunals and courts since 2007. Sagenuay resident Alain Simoneau, an atheist, had filed a complaint with the Quebec Human Rights Tribunal about elected officials praying in council chambers before meetings.
Tremblay, a devout Catholic, was ordered to cease the practice. He instead appealed the decision to the Quebec Court of Appeal, which ruled in his favour in 2011.
Simoneau bumped the case up to the Supreme Court, which agreed last year to hear it.
Tremblay argued that reciting a 20-second prayer before city council meetings respects Quebec's Catholic heritage.
The Supreme Court ordered the City of Saguenay and the mayor to stop the prayers. It also ordered the city and Tremblay to pay Simoneau a total of $33,200 in compensatory damages, punitive damages and costs.
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