A Florida pastor was arrested after he held service for his 4,000-member church — in defiance of a county ban on gatherings of 10 people or more to curb the spread of the coronavirus.
A Florida pastor learned Monday that his defiance of a county ban on gatherings of more than ten people was not something the local sheriff was willing to tolerate.
"His reckless disregard for human life put hundreds of people in his congregation at risk and thousands of residents who may interact with them this week in danger," Chronister said. Even after the sheriff's office warned him that religious worship did not qualify as an"essential" service, and that holding services could subject him to arrest, Howard-Browne encouraged members to attend and offered to provide bus transportation.
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