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Police in Nepal Arrest Pastor for Touting Healing Prayer Amid Coronavirus Pandemic

April 1, 2020 by Staff

(Morning Star News) Police in Nepal arrested a Christian pastor this week, accusing him of giving false information about COVID-19 by saying Christian prayer could bring healing from the disease, sources said.

Pastor Keshab Acharya, 32, was taken into custody on Monday (March 23) from his home in Pokhara, Gandaki Pradesh Province. His arrest came after a video appeared on social media of him rebuking the novel coronavirus as he preached to his church, according to his wife, Junu Acharya.

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