A Worcester, Massachusetts pastor, Kristopher Casey, has been punished with a $300 civil fine for convening more than 10 people at his church services and is facing criminal charges.
And where has the press been in the face of what seems, on its face, to be an egregious violation of the First Amendment's protections of peaceable assembly and the free exercise of religion? The newspapers have been basically cheering it on.
State and local authorities have agreed not to try to punish a Worcester pastor for a public church service he is planning to have this weekend while the governor's aides work out how churches will be affected by the first phase of re-opening next week.
Supporters of re-opening churches are hoping it's a sign of a possible forthcoming breakthrough.
