A priest from Wrocław’s Church of St. Michael the Archangel has told churchgoers that the Coronavirus is divine punishment for homosexuality and abortion.
The priest allegedly made the comments during a mass last Sunday evening. A couple of those who were present have since informed the media about what happened.
, the priest said that unmarried couples who live together were to blame for the virus too:
During the sermon, the priest argued very strongly that anti-bacterial masks and gels would not help us in the fight against coronavirus, because only prayer can protect people. He explained that the epidemic is a divine punishment for us living in sin: for homosexuality, for couples who live together without marriage and for those who “murder unborn children”.
‘Patrycja’, who witnessed the mass last Sunday
Father Leonard Wilczyński, who took the mass, is also said to have called the Chinese “dirty people who eat bats and dead fetuses” during his sermon. Some of those who had gathered for the mass reportedly walked out after hearing the above comments.
Fr. Jerzy Babiak, a spokesman for the Salesians in Wrocław, has promised to investigate the matter.
Meanwhile, preparations and precautions regarding the Coronavirus continue to be taken in Wrocław. Several tents have been pitched .
On top of that, numerous events have been cancelled. The annual , while both Wrocław University and the Wrocław University of Technology decided to .
