"Masks?
Not when we baptize.
You don't spit on people when you baptize ”.
Asked about the paschal mass which was held in his church on April 3, the abbot of the parish of Sainte-Cécile evacuated with the back of his hand the questions around the lack of sanitary rules unveiled in a video of the Parisian , this Monday.
"Since the start of the epidemic, we have had no cluster," assured Marc Guelfucci to journalists present in large numbers in front of his church.
While conceding that the images of his church filled with faithful "may have shocked in view of the atmosphere of the moment", the man of faith denies having ignored the sanitary rules in force: "We used gel between each baptism.
I know my church, we were far from full.
There could have been twice as many people.
Even in times of covid-19 ”, defended the religious.
Among the parishioners, the parish priest is defended: “He always takes precautions.
We even have an automatic holy water dispenser ”assures Marie-Thérèse, whom she met in front of the religious building.
As for the crowds if the believer concedes "that there were a lot of people" during mass, she assures us that Father Marc Guelfucci is a victim "of his kindness.
He didn't want to kick people out.
There were 10 baptisms ”.