COEUR d'ALENE — Pastor Tim Remington was moved to his home Thursday after being in the hospital for almost three weeks.

Remington, pastor of The Altar Church in Coeur d’Alene, was shot in the church parking lot March 6. He suffered a total of eight gunshot wounds and was in critical condition.

Jon Padula, an associate pastor at the church, told The Press Friday the family requests no visitors so Remington can rest.

“The fact that he is home is not because he was doing so good that he didn’t need to go to the next step, it’s because he wasn’t good enough to go to the next step,” Padula said. “They’re allowing him to rest at home to get strength and then he will go to the in-home health.”

Remington has movement in all his fingers, but will not be able to put any weight on his right leg for the next three weeks to a month. In order to start physical therapy, he needs to be able to use that leg. A doctor will do in-house visits.

“We want the community to know we are so thankful and grateful for all their support, but he needs to be protected right now and rest,” Padula said. “We would ask that nobody go out there, absolutely nobody.”