Holness suggests police will prosecute pastor

• August, 9 2020 à 21:19
• Jean-Claude Dorsainvil
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Prime Minister Andrew Hokness (right) receiving prayers at the Lucea Seventh-day Adventist Church in Hanover yesterday. Others from left are Easton Edwards, councillor, Lucea Division; Hanover Western candidate Tamika Davis; and National Security Minister Dr Horace Chang.
LUCEA, Hanover — Prime Minister Andrew Holness has disclosed that the person responsible for the spread of COVID-19 virus in at least one church will be prosecuted.
Two churches were recently featured in the virus outbreak in Church Corner, St Thomas and Sandy Bay in Clarendon. These communities have been placed under lockdown.
Addressing a virtual press conference last week, Holness had disclosed that a Jamaican pastor had returned to the island from overseas and spread the COVID-19 virus to a number of his congregants.
On Saturday, Holness asserted at a church service here, “I am certain that the security forces are doing their investigations to bring this matter up for prosecution.”
In making a comparison to the business process outsourcing (BPO) and the business sector, Holness argued, “when the BPO outbreak took place we didn't have any (protocols). We had to put in for the BPO's and for other businesses. Now, we have protocols for the churches, it was not followed,” added Holness.
As a result, the prime minister said there will be no special favour for church people who break the rules as he made it clear that those who did so would be prosecuted.
“So, there will be no special favour or special preference because it was a church person who breached the rules,” stated Holness.