The Police Evacuated A Church Even Though the Regulations Allow Mass in Churches

Case information
Incident date
Country
Spain
Place
Cadiz
Categories
  • Government Restrictions
Attack Against
  • Faith
Societal Sphere
  • Governmental
Hate Crime & Violent Incidents
  • Threats
Religious Freedom / Discrimination
  • Other (text field)
  • Contractual Freedom
  • Exclusion (of individuals or ideas)
  • Freedom of Association and Assembly
  • Freedom of Religion
Place of Incident
  • Church
Bias Indicators
  • Significance of Property/Structure/Location to religious community
Reported to Police
  • Yes
Response of Local Authorities
  • Unknown
Symbolic image; not a photograph of the reported incident.Image credit: Camille Minouflet on Unsplash

On 3. April, the national Police evacuated the church of San Servando y San Germán, in the district La Laguna of Cádiz. The Police said that the security measures for the Covid-19 Pandemic were not being held at the mass. The parish priest wrote afterwards an open letter, assuring that the fifteen parishioners in the Mass were taking the right measures, and that the evacuation was not justified.

Sources La Voz Digital

Response of the Parish Priest: Diario de Cadiz