Louis Geri, the man who threatened the annual Red Mass in Washington, DC, with a cache of explosives has been sentenced to 70 months in prison, the Department of Justice announced on Monday, September 28.

“The First Amendment will be respected in the District of Columbia. Threatening to detonate explosive devices at a house of worship during an important historic religious service, known as the Red Mass, is an attack on our community and on the fundamental right to worship freely,” said US Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro in a statement released on September 28.