An American pastor is now
back home with his family
after being imprisoned in
India for over seven months on false charges.
Bryan Nerren, a pastor from Shelbyville, Tennessee,
traveled overseas last October to attend
conferences in India and Nepal for 2 weeks.
Nerren, who is at the helm of an international non-
profit ministry called Asian Children’s Education
Fellowship, has been training Sunday school
teachers in India and Nepal for the last 17 years.
According to The American Center for Law &
Justice (ACLJ), a Christian advocacy non-profit law
group which has been representing Nerren, noted
that the pastor was detained and arrested upon his
arrival at the airport in Bagdogra, India for allegedly
“evading a duty on funds.” Nerren was carrying a
sum of money that he intended to use to cover the
expenses of his trip and the conference, but
according to the ACLJ, the sum was not enough to
make transporting it a crime.
The law group reports that Nerren had declared the
funds while going through customs in New Delhi.
New Delhi officials, however, failed to provide the
pastor with the documentation needed so that he
could travel domestically.
Additionally, customs officers reportedly asked
Nerren if he was a Christian and if the funds were
going to be used towards Christian efforts.
Nerren was initially let go, but after deplaning his
flight to Bagdogra, Nerren was arrested. Nerren
was held until last Friday when all of the charges
were officially dropped.
According to WKRN, after seven months, the
Shelbyville pastor was reunited with his family upon
his arrival at the Nashville International Airport
Tuesday evening.
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