Overview
- Van der Valk Hotel Eindhoven canceled the planned weekend healing meetings after consulting police and the municipality, saying its independent review found the event could not proceed under house rules and regulations.
- Organizers shifted the Friday meeting to Praise Tilburg, but acting mayor Onno Hoes prohibited it for lacking an events permit as tickets had been issued, and police cleared the venue.
- De Wal was arrested around 7:15 p.m. Friday after continuing the service on the street; he was released about 9:45 p.m. with a fine under the local ordinance, according to police.
- On Saturday morning in Eindhoven, roughly 100 people turned out for De Wal’s flyering outreach on 18 Septemberplein as Queer040, Eindhoven Pride and De Dolle Mina’s held a peaceful counter-protest observed by a small police presence.
- Authorities and a legal expert said ticketing made the gathering an event requiring a permit; the fine’s amount is pending, and a lawyer expects no further prosecution, while Forum for Democracy said it will submit parliamentary questions.