Faith communities launch legal action against New York Governor’s continued COVID-19 restrictions
Catholic and Jewish faith communities in New York are challenging Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s continued imposition of COVID-19 restrictions on religious institutions despite a federal judge advising he cannot do this while allowing unrestricted mass protests, CBN News reports. On Friday, the Thomas More Society filed an Emergency Amended Complaint and Motion for Temporary Restraining Order in the US District Court for the Northern District of New York. The motion is on behalf of two Catholic priests, two Catholic school students, and four Orthodox Jewish individuals.
On October 5, Cuomo rolled out a new measure called the "Cluster Action Initiative," in which houses of worship are restricted to limited numbers of people depending on how fast the virus is spreading their area. In a press conference, Cuomo said religious institutions “have been a problem” and that their gatherings are "super-spreaders," CBN...