Correction: Virus Outbreak-Final Goodbye story
Posted May 18, 2020 7:00 am
NEW YORK (AP) - In a story published on May 9, 2020, about a Lutheran pastor who has performed funeral services for people who have died from COVID-19, The Associated Press erroneously identified the Rev. Fabián Arias as a Roman Catholic priest. He attended Catholic seminary in his native Argentina, but he was not ordained. Arias was ordained as a Lutheran pastor in New York. The AP also said that he is the pastor of Iglesia de Sion. Arias was the pastor there until the church merged with Saint Peter's Church in Manhattan in February 2020. He is now a pastor of Saint Peter's.
The Rev. Fabian Arias performs an in-home service beside the remains of Raul Luis Lopez who died from COVID-19 the previous month, Saturday, May 9, 2020, in the Corona neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
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The Rev. Fabian Arias, left, performs an in-home service beside the remains of Raul Luis Lopez who died from COVID-19 the previous month as Lopez's cousin Miguel Hernandez Gomez, right, bows his head in prayer, Saturday, May 9, 2020, in the Corona neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
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The Rev. Fabian Arias leads a prayer as he performs an in-home service beside the remains of Raul Luis Lopez who died from COVID-19 the previous month, Saturday, May 9, 2020, in the Corona neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
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A family member holds a mass card as he wears personal protective equipment while the Rev. Fabian Arias performs an in-home service beside the remains of Raul Luis Lopez who died from COVID-19 the previous month, Saturday, May 9, 2020, in the Corona neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
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The Rev. Fabian Arias performs an in-home service beside the remains of Raul Luis Lopez who died from COVID-19 the previous month, Saturday, May 9, 2020, in the Corona neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
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Family members receive communion by their own hand as the Rev. Fabian Arias, left, performs an in-home service beside the remains of Raul Luis Lopez who died from COVID-19 the previous month, Saturday, May 9, 2020, in the Corona neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
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Family members wear personal protective equipment as the Rev. Fabian Arias performs an in-home service beside the remains of Raul Luis Lopez who died from COVID-19 the previous month, Saturday, May 9, 2020, in the Corona neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
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The Rev. Fabian Arias anoints the room with holy water as he performs an in-home service beside the remains of Raul Luis Lopez who died from COVID-19 the previous month, Saturday, May 9, 2020, in the Corona neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
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Family members wear personal protective equipment as the Rev. Fabian Arias performs an in-home service beside the remains of Raul Luis Lopez who died from COVID-19 the previous month, Saturday, May 9, 2020, in the Corona neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
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The Rev. Fabian Arias offers a homily as he performs an in-home service beside the remains of Raul Luis Lopez who died from COVID-19 the previous month, Saturday, May 9, 2020, in the Corona neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
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The Rev. Fabian Arias leads a prayer as he performs an in-home service beside the remains of Raul Luis Lopez who died from COVID-19 the previous month, Saturday, May 9, 2020, in the Corona neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
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Sara Cruz, center, wife of the late Raul Luis Lopez who died from COVID-19 more than a month earlier, wipes tears from her eyes with her wrist after an in-home service for her husband performed by the Rev. Fabian Arias, Saturday, May 9, 2020, in the Corona neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
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Family members serve a meal after the Rev. Fabian Arias finishes performing an in-home service, Saturday, May 9, 2020, for Raul Luis Lopez who died from COVID-19 more than a month earlier in the Corona neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
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Miguel Hernandez Gomez, cousin of Raul Luis Lopez who died from COVID-19 a month earlier, holds a crucifix and gestures the sign of the cross after the Rev. Fabian Arias performed an in-home service beside Lopez's remains, Saturday, May 9, 2020, in the Corona neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
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