Herford Crown church service with 150 people: police intervene



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In a church in North Rhine-Westphalia, believers do not adhere to the lockdown rules of the crown. The police have to intervene.

  • The weekend ends policeman a religious service for violations of the crown protection regulations.
  • Given the Corona-Neuninfektionen continue to apply Distance rules and Mask requirement.
  • Nor was the ban on singing observed.

+++ 1.40 pm: A violation of Crown requirements According to former federal constitutional judge Gertrude Lübbe-Wolff, there is no reason for a blanket ban on religious services in individual parishes. First of all, dissuasive sanctions are the obvious means, he told the “Westfalen-Blatt” (Monday) in Bielefeld. If a community seriously violates the requirements, it is also possible, only in this organization for a certain period of time. Religious services prohibit “so that a single poorly organized or deceived religious association cannot largely paralyze all public religious life.”

No distance, no mask: Police dissolve Corona service with 150 people

Herford – in one Free christian church At East Westphalian Herford, police ended a service with more than 150 participants amid the corona pandemic. At mass on Saturday night, children and adults did not keep a minimum distance and did not dress Covering the mouth and nose, as the police announced on Sunday to the Protestant press service.

In addition, believers must oppose the current crown rules they have sung for religious services. “The police produced a total of 111 administrative complaints for infractions for violating the Infection Protection Act,” authorities said.

After Corona service at Herford: Despite Corona, no state service ban

No state Prohibition of worship in the 16 federal states. Article 4 of the Basic Law protects religious freedom, literally saying among other things: “The practice of religion without interruption is guaranteed.” Christmas However, in many places the Protestant and Catholic communities had canceled assistance services. Since the meetings of people in Crown Times it had to be severely restricted, many politicians had considered face-to-face fairs irresponsible.

Crown buds in free churches

However, the Catholic and Protestant churches have always had to follow their strict rules in recent weeks. Hygienic measures mentioned, which provide for minimum distances, protection for the mouth and nose and the renunciation of congregational singing. Also, there are no bigger Crown buds He became known in church services under the responsibility of Catholic dioceses and Protestant regional churches.

However, shortly before Christmas a similar case occurred in a Christian parish, a so-called free church, in Essen. With 100, the police dissolved a Pentecostal church service and created almost 60 reports. Here, too, participants should not Crown minimum distance and I have only used a few protective masks. Residents had previously complained to the police about the community singing. (ktho / agency)



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