Michigan priest draws squirt gun to shoot holy water
18 May, 2020
A Roman Catholic priest in the Detroit area has taken aim at his parishioners in a bid to maintain social distancing through the coronavirus pandemic, using a squirt gun to shoot holy water.
Photos posted on social media by the St Ambrose Church show the Rev Tim Pelc shooting water right into a car window as it stopped by the steps of the church on Easter.
He wore a mask, face shield and rubber gloves as further precautions against spreading the coronavirus.
The photographs of the priest at the church in Grosse Pointe Park have inspired memes online.
One shows the 70-year-old priest amid the fires of hell directing the squirt gun at devil-like figures.
Pelc told BuzzFeed News for articles over the weekend that he was just a little concerned about how exactly the Vatican might react when the images of him squirting holy water commenced circulating widely on the web.
"But", he said, "I haven't heard anything yet."
The idea was to discover a way to keep a tradition of blessing Easter baskets regardless of the pandemic. One photo shows Pelc standing behind a car using its hatchback door up, shooting water at a basket flowers.
The church and surrounding communities took the pandemic seriously, Pelc said. Parishioners have tied blue ribbons on trees at the church for each and every person who has died of COVID-19 in Michigan. That number is currently approaching 5,000.
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