At least 50 coronavirus cases have emerged at Calvary Chapel of San Antonio, which had been meeting in person since May, according to Pastor Ron Arbaugh.
A Texas pastor has apologized for failing to keep people socially distanced at his evangelical church, after he and dozens of congregants reportedly tested positive for COVID-19.
The rise in cases prompted the church, based in Universal City on the border of San Antonio, to briefly suspend large in-person services.Arbaugh told the San Antonio Express-News that coronavirus-related restrictions were stricter when his church first opened. But in mid-June, he started loosening those rules. Videos of the church’s services in May and June show worship leaders and some congregants singing without masks.
During a June 24 sermon in which he announced the “outbreak” to his parishioners, Arbaugh appeared to paint the rise in cases in his congregation as inevitable, saying that there was “really nothing that we could do to keep this from happening.” By June 28, Arbaugh’s own COVID-19 test had come back positive and several others in the church had also been diagnosed. Arbaugh said he and his wife had minor symptoms. He told his congregation during an online service that the uptick was “bound to happen at some point,” since the congregation includes military and medical personnel.“Forgive me for not being more careful. We all wanted to hug. I wanted to hug, that’s who we are,” Arbaugh said in the June 28 video.
Under the governor’s leadership, Texas initially pursued an aggressive reopening plan. It has had to backtrack as cases of the virus climbed up. Abbott issued an executive order last Thursday requiring face masks in public spaces in certain counties.
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