Romanian priest: Sermon equating Jews to coronavirus was misinterpreted
On April 9, in a filmed greeting ahead of Easter, Dobos spoke about how the disciples of Jesus “feared the Jews,” adding “And here in the bracket we should read: feared the virus.”
A Christian Orthodox priest hands out Easter supplies in Romania, where a Catholic leader is under fire for comparing Jews to a virus in his Easter comments. (photo credit: DANIEL MIHAILESCU/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES/JTA)ByCNAAN LIPHSHIZ/JTA