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What was the response this time?
“I beg them, please, follow the (public health) measures,” the region’s top public health official, Dr. Wajid Ahmed, pleaded the next day.
“It is definitely being investigated,” Windsor Police Sgt. Isidor Lulic told the Star.
A police cruiser was stationed outside the church while all this went on.
“Public health, municipal bylaw officers and local police services are working together to provide an enforcement approach which prioritizes the safety of those in the community during the COVID-19 pandemic,” read a statement by the health unit Tuesday.
So why was this allowed, again? Why wasn’t Harvest Bible Church shut down?
As some Windsor churches fight to keep in-person services amid pandemic, others adapt to new rules
A Windsor pastor, who faces charges related to breaking COVID-19 rules, says it s important that his church remain open so that he can tend to people s spiritual and mental health.
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A group of religious leaders in Windsor, Ont., say they are pausing in-person services as COVID-19 infections rise in the city.
Current restrictions in the region allow religious services to fill 30 per cent of a room s capacity with physical distancing.
But more than a dozen church leaders say in an open letter that they are suspending in-person worship and moving services online in light of increasing cases. We love to gather and worship together on Sunday morning, but our faith is so much more than one day a week, and we consider it an honour to lay down our privileges for the sake of our neighbours and larger community, said the letter, which was posted online Thursday afternoon.