⁍ A federal judge rejected a request from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn.
⁍ The diocese argued that New York state’s limits on religious gatherings in coronavirus hot spots had effectively closed its churches.
– A federal judge in New York on Friday rejected a request from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn to void New York state’s limits on religious gatherings in coronavirus hot spots, which the diocese argued had effectively closed its churches, Reuters reports. The ruling came in a lawsuit brought by the diocese against the state’s Department of Health, which last month put restrictions on religious gatherings in hot spots where the H1N1 virus has been spreading. The diocese had argued that the restrictions had effectively closed its churches.
Source: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-new-york/us-judge-denies-request-to-exempt-catholic-churches-from-new-york-coronavirus-limits-idUSKBN27134U