All Catholic churches in the Ottawa and Alexandria-Cornwall dioceses are being closed after the chief medical officer for the Eastern Ontario Health Unit ordered all places of worship in the region to shut down.
“I ask that effective immediately all churches in the Alexandria-Cornwall and Ottawa dioceses be closed — even for private prayer — until further notice,” Ottawa Archbishop Terrence Prendergast announced on March 23, after Dr. Paul Roumeliotis issued the order in light of increasing community spread in the Greater Ottawa area of the deadly COVID-19 virus.
“I acknowledge that these closures are difficult, and I have not taken this decision lightly,” Roumeliotis said. “However, we must take all measures necessary as a society to prevent the spread of COVID-19.”
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