7 Aug, 2020 @ 11:21
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Religious leader gathers over 100 people in his home for private mass in Spain’s Malaga

Policia Malaga

A PROPERTY owner is facing a hefty fine after gathering more than 100 young people in his home for a private mass. 

Residents in Pinares de San Anton in Malaga called Policia Local after seeing several groups of children and young adults heading up to a property at the top of an upmarket urbanisation. 

Police knocked on the door of the home at around 1.30pm and were answered to by the owner, a man in his 50s. 

After seeing there were more than 100 people present, it was immediately evacuated. 

The young people had just arrived back from a Christian camp in Cadiz and were preparing to celebrate a mass ‘with musical instruments’, the owner said. 

The events took place on July 30, when COVID-19 regulations stipulated no more than 25 people could gather at a property. 

That has since been reduced to 15 following a continued spike in coronavirus cases. 

The property owner has been denounced for violating public health measures in Andalucia.

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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