Church Leader Who Blamed Coronavirus On Gay Marriage Contracts COVID-19

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Source: Newsweek/MSN

Ewan Palmer, 2 hrs ago.

A leading church figure in Ukraine who previously described the coronavirus outbreak as "God's punishment" against gay marriage has contracted COVID-19. Patriarch Filaret, leader of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Kyiv Patriarchate, is in a stable condition in hospital after it was announced on September 4 that he had contracted the virus.

"We inform you that His Holiness Patriarch Filaret of Kyiv and All Rus-Ukraine tested positive for COVID-19 during planned testing," the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Kyiv Patriarchate said in a statement. "Now His Holiness Patriarch is undergoing treatment at a hospital. The Patriarch's state of health is satisfactory. We ask for holy prayers for the health and recovery of Patriarch Filaret." Ukrainian website 112.International reports that the 91-year-old also has pneumonia.

Patriarch Filaret, one of Ukraine's most prominent religious figures, received widespread condemnation earlier this year when he suggested same-sex marriage was to blame for the coronavirus pandemic.

Speaking during an interview with Ukrainian national TV network Channel 4, Filaret said the outbreak was "God's punishment for the sins of men, the sinfulness of humanity." "First of all, I mean same-sex marriage," he added...

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/church-leader-who-blamed-coronavirus-on-gay-marriage-contracts-covid-19/ar-BB18ORMJ?ocid=msedgdhp

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[dawg day]

1. What a shock it must have been at 91 -

to realize he was in a same-sex marriage!

[appalachiablue]

2. +1

[RKP5637]

5. Yep!!!!!!!!!!! n/t

[Borchkins]

3. This made me laugh out loud!!!

I may have even snorted!

[appalachiablue]

4. Same here, so bad, I'm still belly laughing

[TlalocW]

6. Please oh please oh please

Now make a statement about leprosy!

TlalocW

[jiminvegas]

7. You know who he caught it from?

Karma.

[sarge43]

14. Yup. Should never say idiocy like that out loud. Karma might hear it.

"Oh really, sweetie? Stand by for a reality check."

[CaptYossarian]

8. They sell hats at Starbuck's?

Seriously, let's interject a little logic here:

COVID is in each country on the planet. Same-sex marriage isn't in each country, but bigotry is.

Now you know the rest of the story. (BTW, how is Pat Robertson feeling?)

[Buckeye_Democrat]

9. It won't change their weird, superstitious thinking.

There's plenty of evangelical Christians in this country who think God will punish everyone in this country, including them, if this country's "sins" aren't stopped.

It's such a dangerous mindset! Once someone thinks that way, they're no longer being busy-bodies needlessly intruding and imposing on others, but rather acting in self-preservation in their weird minds.

And it's never appeased either. If others give into them, then what constitutes "sin" just gets more and more severe over time.

[Locrian]

11. if they're willing to wear an outfit like that.....

there is NO hope for changing *anything*

[Alacritous Crier]

10. smh...

I think Marx may have been a little off. Religion is not the opium of the people, but rather, the chloroform.

[erronis]

19. Or novichok?

[Alacritous Crier]

20. Aye.

[dalton99a]

12. Good for him.

[softydog88]

13. He must have married Tinky Winky...

[DFW]

15. So, we must conclude....

He hid his same-sex marriage from his public, but not from God.

That IS what he was trying to tell us, right?

[keithbvadu2]

16. When is the wedding? He has obviously had the honeymoon.

When is the wedding? He has obviously had the honeymoon.

[LastDemocratInSC]

17. That's a good one.

[titaniumsalute]

18. I'm sure he's a closet Queen...

God is now punishing him too right??

Ugg.

[applegrove]

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