This church was the centre of a coronavirus cluster — they've got a warning for others

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Father Tony Sarkis found himself dragged into Sydney's coronavirus crisis as the funerals cluster in the city's west continues to grow, and says the community is scared after the virus 'attacked them personally'.

The Our Lady of Lebanon Cathedral in Sydney's west has a warning for other places of worship during the COVID-19 pandemic.NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has urged Sydney worshippers to wear masks"It's not a joke," Father Tony Sarkis told the ABC.The Maronite Catholic parish found itself dragged into Sydney's community transmission crisis after a parishioner tested positive last month, and further testing revealed a slew of cases.

"What it means is, at a mosque, you can't make it mandatory because people then respond and say, 'it is not being required by the government, so why are you forcing it on me?'Read more about coronavirus:Ms Berejiklian said she was concerned coronavirus testing levels were tipping within high-risk communities in Sydney's west and south-west.

The cathedral can normally hold 1,200 people but has been scaled back to just 100 worshippers per service.Among other measures, worshipers must book online to attend services, which are also live-streamed.

 

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The only clusters I know of are chocolate ones .

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Thought they said God was going to protect against it. Wow, awkward.

Religion is bad for your physical health as well as your mental health; end of.

Churches are built to financially gain so religious leaders can sit on masses of gold.

‘Bilal Rauf from the Australian National Imams Council said masks should be made mandatory.’ GladysB

Why aren't they being headlined as the outbreak of COVID in the Christian community of Australians?

Sure, this church is in Sydney’s ‘West’ - but you can’t even mention which suburb it’s in?

Double standards

Cool. Now do an article about the Mosque outbreak.

'it is not being required by the government, so why are you forcing it on me?' Here is a perfect example of the problem with society, can't think for themselves.

Yeah yeah. I'll bet anything you said 'have faith in god', 'God will protect you' etc etc etc, or words to that effect. BEFORE your message of warning, hey?

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