Pastor Rodney Howard-Browne of The River at Tampa Bay Church is seen in a Hernando County Detention Center booking photo after he was arrested on charges of violating quarantine orders and unlawful assembly, in Brooksville, Florida, U.S. March 30, 2020. Hernando County Detention Center/Handout via REUTERS.
(Reuters) - The pastor of a megachurch in Tampa, Florida, was arrested on Monday on charges of holding prayer services in violation of public health orders temporarily banning such gatherings to limit the spread of coronavirus infections, authorities said.
Rodney Howard-Browne, co-founder of the River at Tampa Bay Church, is accused of presiding over two services on Sunday attended by hundreds of parishioners, some of them ferried there by bus transportation his church provided, Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister said.
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