{"id":384817,"date":"2021-04-03T17:11:17","date_gmt":"2021-04-03T21:11:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=384817"},"modified":"2021-04-03T17:11:19","modified_gmt":"2021-04-03T21:11:19","slug":"watch-british-police-shut-down-good-friday-service-threatening-worshippers-with-fines-and-arrest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-british-police-shut-down-good-friday-service-threatening-worshippers-with-fines-and-arrest\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: British Police Shut Down Good Friday Service, Threatening Worshippers With Fines And Arrest"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwatch-british-police-shut-down-good-friday-service-threatening-worshippers-with-fines-and-arrest%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=384817&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-32.jpeg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>This week, British police shut down a Good Friday service at a Roman Catholic church in south London, describing the \u201cgathering\u201d as \u201cunlawful.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Interrupting a Liturgy of the Lord\u2019s Passion service at Christ the King Polish church in Balham, a police officer was asked to explain the situation to the congregation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cLadies and gentleman,\u201d the officer began. \u201cThis gathering is unfortunately law \u2014 unlawful under the Coronavirus regulations we have currently.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.0597014925373\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Police broke up a Good Friday service in the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n<p>If you ever needed an example of why the First Amendment is important\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/37IEvQJsTj\">pic.twitter.com\/37IEvQJsTj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ian Haworth (@ighaworth) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ighaworth\/status\/1378442268772798464?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 3, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>\u201cYou are not allowed to meet inside with this many people under law,\u201d the officer continued. \u201cAt this moment in time, you need to go home.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The officer then proceeded to threaten the congregation, saying that they could be fined or even arrested if they failed to comply.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cFailure to comply with this direction to leave and go to your home address ultimately could lead you to be fined \u00a3200 or, if you fail to give your details, to you being arrested,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI suggest, ladies and gentlemen, though it is quite a \u2014 it is Good Friday, and I appreciate you would like to worship, [that] this gathering is unlawful, so please may you leave,\u201d the officer added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>According to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/police-shut-down-good-friday-church-service-and-threaten-worshippers-with-fines-12264608\"><span>Sky News<\/span><\/a><span>, \u201c<\/span><span>The church has criticized the police for interrupting the service, saying it believes the officers \u2018brutally exceeded their powers by issuing their warrant for no good reason\u2019 because \u2018all government requirements were met.\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIt said it had informed the superiors of the Polish Catholic Mission in England and Wales about the incident and asked the police to explain,\u201d the Sky News report added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Metropolitan Police, responsible for law enforcement across the 32 London boroughs, reportedly confirmed that an \u201cengagement\u201d took place at Christ the King Polish church, and that they were responding to a report of \u201ccrowds of people queuing outside a church in Balham High Road.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cOfficers attended and found a large number of people inside the church. Some people were not wearing masks and those present were clearly not socially distanced,\u201d the police statement said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The statement reportedly continued, noting that the officers were concerned about the spread of COVID-19 due to indoor gatherings which involved the failure to socially distance or wear masks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201c<\/span><span>We are particularly concerned about the risk of transmission of the COVID-19 virus as a result of large indoor gatherings at which people are not socially distanced and some are not wearing masks,\u201d the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/balham-polish-church-police-covid-b1826464.html\"><span>statement<\/span><\/a><span> continued.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cAs such, officers made the decision that it was not safe for that particular service to continue,\u201d the statement concluded.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Sky News noted that \u201c[t]he church claims that the latest government guidelines for Lent, Holy Week and Easter \u2018clearly allow \u2014 with all sanitary rules \u2014 to be celebrated in places of worship with the participation of the faithful.\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>According to the current COVID-19 guidance provided by the U.K. government, communal religious gatherings can be attended \u201cby as many people as the place of worship can safely accommodate,\u201d while adding that those in attendance should socially distance from anyone outside of their household or \u201csupport bubble.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week, British police shut down a Good Friday service at a Roman Catholic church in south London, describing the \u201cgathering\u201d as \u201cunlawful.\u201dInterrupting a Liturgy of the Lord\u2019s Passion service &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2311622,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-32.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"WATCH: British Police Shut Down Good Friday Service, Threatening Worshippers With Fines And Arrest","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-384817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-32.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"WATCH: British Police Shut Down Good Friday Service, Threatening Worshippers With Fines And Arrest","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384817","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=384817"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384817\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2311622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=384817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=384817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=384817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}