Pastors who denied COVID yet are DEAD (well, most of these were deniers)

[Roland99]

This was from 2-3 min of searching. I bet there are MANY more.


Pastors dead of Covid:

'A phantom plague': America's Bible Belt played down the pandemic and even cashed in. Now dozens of pastors are dead
Friday 24 April 2020 16:46
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/bible-belt-us-coronavirus-pandemic-pastors-church-a9481226.html


Coronavirus: Pastor who decried 'hysteria' dies after attending Mardi Gras
Pastor Landon Spradlin wasn't worried about coronavirus when he went to New Orleans to preach during Mardi Gras. A month later he was dead.
5 April 2020
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52157824


Pastor Who Defied Social Distancing Dies After Contracting Covid-19, Church Says
The death of Gerald O. Glenn, the bishop of the New Deliverance Evangelistic Church in Chesterfield, Va., was announced during Easter services.
Published April 14, 2020; Updated April 15, 2020
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/14/us/bishop-gerald-glenn-coronavirus.html


Coronavirus hits home for defiant Central pastor: church member dies from illness, lawyer in hospital
UPDATED APR 17, 2020 AT 10:09 PM
https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/coronavirus/article_0e6e7744-8033-11ea-8755-1347b40f9147.html


Local pastor dies after battling coronavirus outbreak at church
Published: Apr. 18, 2020 at 6:23 PM EDT
https://www.wrdw.com/content/news/Local-pastor-dies-after-battling-coronavirus-outbreak-at-church-569761241.html


COVID-19 nearly killed Solid Rock Church leader's husband in 'the storm of our life'
Aug 16, 2020
https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2020/08/16/solid-rock-church-darlene-bishop-husband-nearly-died-covid-19/5594907002/


Longtime pastor of outbreak-riddled Martinsville church apparently has died of COVID-19
Aug 26, 2020 Updated Aug 31, 2020
https://martinsvillebulletin.com/news/local/watch-now-longtime-pastor-of-outbreak-riddled-martinsville-church-apparently-has-died-of-covid-19/article_0ce2e65d-9ae3-5c8d-b7fc-ac239c130afb.html


North Carolina pastor dies of COVID-19 after a life spent saving souls, brother says
OCTOBER 14, 2020 02:15 PM, UPDATED OCTOBER 15, 2020 11:17 AM
https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/article246443405.html


Pastor who blamed premarital sex for COVID-19 dies from the virus after calling it a 'warning from God to unmarried couples and non-virgin brides'
5 November 2020
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8918605/Pastor-blamed-premarital-sex-COVID-19-dies-virus.html


Pastor of California Megachurch That Defied Lockdown Order Dies of COVID-19
Published Dec. 04, 2020 12:46PM ET
https://www.thedailybeast.com/pastor-of-water-of-life-community-church-which-defied-californias-lockdown-order-dies-of-covid-19

[Crunchy Frog]

1. Couldn't happen to a nicer group of guys.

[keithbvadu2]

2. If only they had had the faith...

If only they had had the faith...

[malaise]

3. Get thee to the greatest page

for visibility

[NJCher]

4. I was just wondering about this

when I saw the latest story on one who died.

Defies comprehension.

[Roland99]

5. Same here...wanted to do some digging

[NJCher]

8. I'm thinking

this is some good meme material.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

6. False prophets get their followers killed.

[smirkymonkey]

7. I wonder if this has had any impact on thier congregations at all.

Or if they are still as adamantly in denial as they ever were.

[dawg day]

9. This is a really good example of "poetic justice"

I'm bookmarking it and will use this with the next acquaintance who says, "It's a hoax!"

I'll say, "Here's what happens when you deny its reality-- it comes to get you!"