Religious leaders — including one from the Archdiocese of Boston — are expected to meet with the state's Reopening Advisory Board on Saturday, May 9 to talk about when the governor might authorize churches to open for public services again.
Father Bryan Hehir, secretary for health care and social service for the Archdiocese of Boston, plans to attend the meeting, a spokesman for the archdiocese, Terrence Donilon, told New Boston Post on Friday evening.
Lawyers for a Worcester pastor at the center of the conflict over church closures are calling on Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker to lift the ban on religious services for more than 10 people before Sunday.
Pastor Kris Casey's lawyers sent a letter to the governor late Friday afternoon.