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“God will hear us, and he will
heal us.”
The church has met with
controversy in the past, in-
cluding for anti-gay rhetoric.
This year, a well on the
church’s property that was
used by congregants was
found to be contaminated
with chemicals from a
nearby military base. One of
the church’s officials was
convicted of pedophiliain
2018.
Beilenson confirmed
that church greeters shak-
ing hands with congregants
as they entered may have
helped spread the co-
ronavirus. In the online ser-
mon, the unidentified pastor
said that shortly after New
Year’s Day, the church had a
problem with the “greeting
team.”
“I know we are entering
this valley right now,” the
pastor said during the taped
sermon. “When this thing
will be over, and when we
[are] going to come here and
when we are going to shake
hands, I think it’s going to be
a totally different meaning.”
As the coronavirus has
spread across Sacramento
County, infecting more than
340 people and killing nine,
health officials said 1 in 3
confirmed cases are linked
to church gatherings.
“Sacramento County is
urging all residents, from
all faiths and all back-
grounds, to stay home,” the
county said in a statement
Wednesday.
The disclosure of the
mass infection comes as
large gatherings across the
country have been identified
as incidents in which people
become infected with the
virus that causes COVID-19.
Such “super-spreading”
events can play a major role
in widening the outbreak.
It can take two to 14 days
after someone is infected
with the coronavirus for
symptoms to appear. Once
the illness is apparent and a
patient is hospitalized, it can
take 17 to 25 days to either re-
cover and be discharged, or
to die from the illness, ac-
cording to a studyof pa-
tients in Wuhan, China, the
origin of the pandemic.
The first coronavirus
case in Sacramento County
publicly associated with a
house of worship involved a
woman older than 70 with

underlying health condi-

tions who attended Faith

Presbyterian Church in Sac-

ramento. More cases have

since been associated with

the church, which is in a resi-

dential neighborhood near

schools and shopping.

But that church took a

different approach.

The Rev. Jeff Chapman of

Faith Presbyterian said

Thursday that the church

had begun protective mea-

sures in late February at the

request of a parishioner with

an underlying medical con-

dition. The woman asked

that the church stop all

physical contact during wor-

ship events, he said.

“I was hesitant,” Chap-

man said. “The tendency of a

religious leader ... is to

gather people. That is their

heart.”

But he said the woman

persuaded him to stop such

things as passing the collec-

tion plate and shaking

hands.

Aweek later, the church

began to see members with

symptoms, Chapman said.

“I think again, in retro-

spect, it may have saved

some lives because our folks

would have been together ...

shaking hands and passing

plates, and we didn’t do any

of that,” he said.

After discovering the

pocket of potential co-

ronavirus patients among

the congregation, Chapman

said leaders immediately de-

cided to shut down the

church March 12 on the ad-

vice of a task force made up

of three members — an

emergency room doctor, a

former public health profes-

sional and a person who for-

merly worked at the federal

Centers for Disease Control

and Prevention.

One of the church mem-

bers who contracted the

virus, a substitute teacher

who worked at Sutterville

Elementary School, died

three days later, on March 15.

Her death was announced

by the Sacramento City Uni-

fied School District, which

closed campuses the day af-

ter the woman died.

Three days later, Sacra-

mento County issued a man-

datory stay-at-home order.

By the end of the day, Gov.

Gavin Newsom had issued a

similar directivefor the en-

tire state.

In all, Chapman said,

about six people at Faith

Presbyterian have tested

positive, with no new cases

in more than two weeks.

Chapman suspected he

might have had the virusbut

tested negative.

As the virus has spread

across the state, many

houses of worship have can-

celed services, prayer circles

and classes or moved them

online.

All Saints’ Episcopal

Church in Beverly Hills be-

gan canceling services

March 8 after its rector, the

Rev. Janet Broderick, fell ill.

Broderick, the sister of actor

Matthew Broderick, had at-

tended a conference in Ken-

tucky along with more than

500 other Episcopalians

from around the country.

She later tested positive for

COVID-19 and suffered from

severe pneumonia.

On March 12, the Ikar

synagogue in Los Angeles

said it was suspending

Shabbat services. A day lat-

er, the Orange County Is-

lamic Foundation sus-

pended Friday prayers at

the mosque and said no one

would be allowed inside

apart from employees.

The Diocese of San Jose

ordered public Masses at

Catholic churches to be

suspendedstarting March

14; the Archdiocese of Los

Angeles announced the

same March 16, the same day

counties in the San Fran-

cisco Bay Area released a

shelter-in-place order.

While many churches are

shifting to digital worship,

some around the nation

have defied orders to close.

On Sunday, the Life Tab-

ernacle Church in a suburb

of Baton Rouge, La., contin-

ued to use its fleet of two doz-

en buses to bring hundreds

of congregants to services.

“We’re not going to be in-

timidated,” the Rev. Tony

Spell said.

And this week, sheriff ’s

deputies handcuffed a

Tampa, Fla., minister for

violating local stay-at-home

orders by gathering hun-

dreds to worship. Police said

the Rev. Rodney Howard-

Browne of the River at

Tampa Bayshowed “reck-

less disregard for human

life” by potentially exposing

his congregants to the

coronavirus.

Chabria reported from

Sacramento, Greene from

Thousand Oaks and Lin

from Millbrae. Times staff

writer Sarah Parvini

contributed to this report.

Sacramento church is linked to virus

MEMBERS OFBethany Slavic Missionary Church take part in a Sept. 8 baptism ceremony in Sacramento.

Photographs by Max WhittakerFor The Times

OFFICIALSsay the Pentecostal church has more

than 71 members who tested positive for COVID-19.

CHURCH MEMBERS at the baptism last year. Au-

thorities say some may now be meeting in private.

[Church,from B1]