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

Country: Spain

Date of incident: April 3, 2020


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

Symbolic Photo by Camille Minouflet on Unsplash