The Supreme Court ruled this week that New York’s COVID restrictions limiting gatherings in places of worship were unconstitutional — even if those limitations were meant to save lives. (While some, like Justice Neil Gorsuch, argued that churches were treated more harshly than “acupuncturists… and liquor stores,” churches are far more comparable to bars or concert venues — where people gather and speak — and they actually received preferential treatment to those secular counterparts.)

In any case, one criticism of the lawsuit itself was that the leaders of these religious institutions were putting their own desires over their congregations’ health. And now a prominent name has joined those critics.