US priest offers drive-thru confessions

Father Scott Holmer holds drive-through confessionals in Maryland, with his church closed due to the coronavirus. AFP
Father Scott Holmer holds drive-through confessionals in Maryland, with his church closed due to the coronavirus. AFP

WASHINGTON – The United States has long loved its drive-ins and drive-throughs: for movies, fast food, pharmacies and banking. Now the coronavirus pandemic has added a new one: Catholic confessions.

With his church closed due to the outbreak, Scott Holmer turned to the tried-and-tested method in this nation of car-lovers.

Every day except Sunday, and if the weather permits, he sits on a wooden chair in his priestly robes in the parking lot outside his Maryland chapel and does a contact-free confession and blessing. (AFP)

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