Bishop: Love Parade was sinful

An Austrian bishop described the techno festival that led to 21 deaths and 500 injuries as a sinful event and indirectly linked the deaths to God’s punishment.

An Austrian bishop described the techno festival that led to 21 deaths and 500 injuries as a sinful event and indirectly linked the deaths to God’s punishment.

Salzburg’s Roman Catholic bishop Andreas Laun said that the Love Parade and participation in it was “a rebellion against creation and against God’s order” and “an invitation to sin”.

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