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Louisiana Pastor Who Keeps Holding Services Despite Coronavirus Says True Christians ‘Do Not Mind Dying’

April 10, 2020 by Staff

(NY Daily News) The controversial Louisiana pastor who continues to hold in-person church services amid the coronavirus pandemic says true Christians “do not mind dying.”

Tony Spell of Baton Rouge’s Life Tabernacle Church defended his decision to keep his parish open after he was asked by TMZ about the possibility of a worshiper contracting COVID-19 and dying.

“They say everybody’s gonna get it?” Spell told TMZ in an interview published Wednesday. “Then if everybody’s gonna get it, then let’s get on with life.”

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