DOJ vows to press charges after activists disrupt church where Minnesota ICE official is a pastor

[Prairie Gates]

41. Let's do a thought experiment

Let's say an evangelical Baptist pastor r*ped a thirteen year old girl in his youth group (as evangelical Baptist pastors seem to do far too often!). Let's say the victim's father found out about the r*pe, and decided to confront the pastor in front of the whole congregation on the following Sunday. The father plans what he is going to say, goes to the church, sits for the first few minutes knowing full well what he is going to do, and then, at the time he feels is right, stands up and begins yelling at the pastor who r*ped his daughter, absolutely going off on the guy and refusing to either leave the building or stop his tirade. He inveighs against the pastor for minutes until people start giving up. The pastor is yelling back, people are trying to get him to leave but he refuses, and the whole Sunday service breaks down into chaos. Eventually, people start leaving and the service ends when the pastor leaves as well.

In your view, has the father violated 18 U.S.C. § 248?

Would you have this father charged for violating this statute?