A man accused of traveling from Alabama to Orange County and threatening a Catholic abbey in person and over email ahead of its celebration of the Feast of St. Michael later this month will be held without bail following a court appearance Wednesday, Sept. 3.

Joshua Michael Richardson’s bail was initially set at $50,000 after he was arrested on Aug. 28 on suspicion of threatening St. Michael’s Abbey in Silverado Canyon , which sits on a 320-acre campus that houses seminarians and priests of the Norbertine Order as well as a church and monastery. At a court appearance Wednesday, prosecutors argued Richardson poses a serious threat to the public.

“No one should have to worship in fear that a stranger would walk through the door with the intent to carry out their own day of judgement an

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