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It is still controversial because some churches still practice face-to-face worship in violation of government policy.
Some pastors have been revealed to be making inappropriate comments during public sermons and even spreading false news.
Let’s take a closer look with the reporter.
Journalist Yuna Lee, what is the content of the controversial pastor’s sermon?
[기자]The video of the sermon can be viewed on the church home page.
During Pastor A’s service on the 29th of last month, the comments are controversial.
Listen for yourself.
[A 목사 / 인천 서구 소재 교회 (지난달 29일) : 코로나19 바이러스가 동성애자들 그들에서 바이러스가 나오고 사이비 이단 이런 데서 바이러스가 나오고 신천지에서도 나오고…. 이만희 구속됐어요? 빨리 구속 좀 시키지. 수많은 사람이 죽어서 안타깝지만 하나님이 심판하신 거예요. 하나님이 경고하신 거예요.]Pastor A’s sermon does not end here.
Later, he continued with comments such as “If you use the QR code, all the information will be passed on to China” and “People who have been vaccinated will be able to manipulate the mind and body by manipulating genes.”
Regarding Pastor A’s preaching, there are high voices in the public opinion that it is a careless or inappropriate comment.
This church is also a place where a lot of confirmed corona19 cases came out.
A total of 38 people, including members and their families, were group infected after the first confirmed person left on the 22nd. Among the confirmed cases, Pastor A.
According to an investigation by quarantine authorities, the first infected people in the church were members in their 70s.
A 70-year-old believer became infected after attending the Liberation Day rally on the 15th, and then he got in touch with another believer and the group infection began.
[앵커]Despite the severe period, such as increasing distance, churches that held worship face-to-face last weekend were caught again.
[기자]Churches have been found to have ignored enforced quarantine guidelines and administrative orders prohibiting face-to-face worship.
As a result of conducting an on-site inspection of 2,839 churches with 25 self-governing districts in Seoul, it was confirmed that 40 of them held face-to-face worship yesterday.
That is 1.4% of the total for the church.
The city of Seoul announced that it plans to issue a ban on meetings against captured churches and hold a face-to-face service for two weeks in a row to prosecute criminal charges against the churches.
Let’s listen.
[유연식 / 서울시 문화본부장 : 특히 지난주에 이어서 어제도 대면 예배를 강행한 동문 교회, 영천성결교회 등은 곧 고발 조치도 할 예정입니다. 아울러 대면 예배를 강행해서 확진자가 나온 경우 구상권도 청구할 예정입니다.]Let’s also look at other regional situations.
In Incheon, as a result of the verification of 2,336 religious facilities on the 30th, it was confirmed that 23 churches celebrated face-to-face worship.
In Gwangju City, 12 out of 1,492 churches held face-to-face worship, and one of them was deliberately enforced and criminal charges were filed.
As a result of the investigation at the scene, the city of Busan confirmed that 42 of the 1,765 churches violated quarantine regulations and conducted face-to-face worship, and decided to initiate criminal proceedings at eight.
[앵커]In addition to performing face-to-face worship, there are places where hidden worship services are held in third places. What is the situation?
[기자]This part has been a concern for quarantine authorities and local governments since the early days of Corona 19.
When face-to-face worship is prohibited by an administrative order, they hide in general residential areas that are not officially registered and conduct worship activities.
There are also reports from YTN.
Let’s see the field.
[인천시 남동구 주택 (어제) : 비대면으로 예배하시지 여기서 모여서 하시냐고요. 나라에서 못 하게 하니까 여기서 이렇게 하는 거 아니에요. (문 닫아요. 나라 가서 따지세요.) 찬송가 부르고 그런 거 하지 마세요. (그건 우리 마음이라니까요. 예배드리는데 왜 그러세요. 가세요. 찬송가 부르고 예배드리는 게 우리 본분이니까.) 여태까지 이런 적 없잖아요. (이런 적 없으니까 이런 적도 있는 거죠.) (그럼 어때요. 내 집인데. 내 마음대로 하는데. 우리는 예배드리는 것이 본분이니까 알아서 하셔요. 교회에서 못하니까 여기서라도 드려야하는 거 아니에요.]
According to the reporter’s words, many elderly people and heart disease patients, including the reporter’s mother, reside in the building.
If a confirmed person comes out, there is a possibility of the infection spreading, so the informant went to the place where the informant was hiding and worshiped, made a complaint and filed a complaint with the local government.
It is said to be useless.
[김 모 씨 / 제보자 : 너무 불안하죠. 솔직히 지금 코로나19 때문에 (어머니가) 몇 달째 병원도 제대로 못 다니시고 밖에 외출도 많이 못 하시는데 교회에서 예배를 못 한다고 그 건물 지하에서 예배하는데…. 신고해도 아무도 안 도와줘요. 와보는 사람도 없고 시민들은 신고할 데가 없어요.]In the field, worship can take place in secret, focusing on small and medium-sized churches that have a high dependence on donations due to poor financial conditions, or ignoring denomination and group guidelines.
Furthermore, even if citizens report this, it is not easy to investigate a place that has not been accepted as a religious facility and anxiety is mounting.
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