In the midst of a health crisis, an evangelical gathering should bring together around 700 people this Saturday in Nevoy, in the Loiret.
An aberration for the mayor of the town, who opened up to France 3.
Warned by an email from the sub-prefecture of Montargis, Jean-François Darmois feels “betrayed”.
He says he does not understand the holding of this event "when we are prohibited from gatherings of 30 people".
“It is not normal that this gathering is imposed on us by Travelers who, by definition, leave everywhere (...).
I do not want people to tell us that there was a cluster in Nevoy which contaminated all of France, ”continues the city councilor.
No reason to ban it, according to the prefecture
The prefecture, questioned by France 3, explained that it had treated the request of the Vie et Lumières association like that of any other association.
The event being held on private land and not being festive, she claims to have had no reason to ban it, relays the channel, which broadcasts a photo of the marquee under which the participants were to meet on Saturday.
The gathering is held on the grounds of the Vie et Lumière association, organizer of the event.
600 to 700 pastors must come from all over France to participate.
"Today we have expired and we must elect our board of directors," defends his spokesperson Joseph Charpentier, who mentions multiple postponements due to the epidemic.
The pastors would come by car and only stay one day there.
In February, an evangelical gathering organized in the suburbs of Mulhouse was identified as a "super propagator" event of Covid-19 disease.
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