An update on the last post. Would this be happening if he weren't a Traditionalist? I highly doubt it.
From Catholic News Agency
By Courtney Mares
The archbishop of Paris announced canonical proceedings Wednesday against a parish priest for reportedly refusing to follow coronavirus health measures at the Easter Vigil.A statement from the Archdiocese of Paris on April 7 said that the pastor of Sainte-Eugène-Sainte-Cécile church in Paris’ ninth arrondissement did not enforce “the health measures in force to fight against the COVID-19 pandemic during a celebration on Saturday, April 3.”
“These measures were, however, the subject of clear instructions that the diocese of Paris regularly reminded all parishes of,” it said.
Archbishop Michel Aupetit’s decision to open proceedings within Church law was made public the day after Paris police opened an investigation into the parish for “endangering the lives of others.”
French media first raised concern by showing clips of the live stream of the parish’s Easter Vigil on French television, calling attention to the crowded church with parishioners not wearing masks during the candlelight processions and baptisms while an extraordinary form Mass (the 1962 Tridentine Mass) was offered.
While the original video of the Easter Vigil has since been removed by the parish, the live stream of the Easter Sunday Mass at the parish the following day showed priests and altar servers without masks standing close together. The congregation cannot be seen.
“Since the pandemic began, we have not had a single outbreak,” Fr. Marc Guelfucci, the parish priest of the church in question, told a group of journalists outside of his church.
In a video published by Le Parisien, Guelfucci said that masks were not worn during the baptisms because “we do not spit on people when we baptize.”
A parishioner identified only as Marie-Thérèse also spoke to the journalists and defended her pastor.
“There were a lot of people because there were 10 baptisms,” she said.
“It was perhaps because of his [Guelfucci’s] benevolence that people were not left outside.
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