Hillsong Church accused of flouting COVID rules with ‘singing and dancing’

Scandal-plagued Hillsong Church is once again in hot water, this time for exploiting a COVID exemption for Australian religious institutions. The megachurch has been reprimanded by regional government department the New South Wales Ministry of Health for allowing young parishioners to sing and dance at its annual youth camp. Singing and dancing are currently banned in public venues in New South Wales as a Covid precaution, but religious institutions are exempt. However, footage recently posted to Hillsong’s social media accounts of the camp show people doing much more than gathering for prayer, which was all the exemption was intended to… Read Full Article