Louisiana pastor cited for defying coronavirus order hosts hundreds on Palm Sunday
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Cited AGAIN. 6 previous misdemeanor citations! He continues to defy stay at hime orders. WHY IS HIS ASS NOT IN JAIL? 🤬
He has also said that he believes the pandemic is "politically motivated."
When asked during an interview with CNN's Victor Blackwell if he believed in the science behind the governor's orders, Spell said, "We believe the science of this, however, we do have a command from God and there are no governing bodies that can tell us we cannot gather and worship freely."
Blackwell asked Spell why, if the pastor is pro-life, he would "put people in jeopardy of getting a virus that has no treatment, no cure, often has no symptoms and has killed more than 8,500 people" in the United States in five weeks?
"My response to that is: People's hope is in the house of God. If they do contract the virus, if they have fears of the virus, the church is more essential now than ever to pray with people, to let them know there is ... a physician in Jesus Christ," Spell said.