As it continues to thrives in every community, in every country, around the world, the deadly coronavirus epidemic hit a new high in the West Midlands, as two religious leaders in Wolverhampton became the latest additions to the hundreds of thousands of registered tragic fatalities as the ‘fatal mass kill’ knows no bounds.

 

The two latest names to add to the vastly growing list are well-known religious leaders from the same church in the city.

 

Reverend Bishop Horatio Fearon and Reverend Theophilus Augustus McCalla MBE were both leading and prominent figures at the Church of God of Prophecy in the city.

 

Bishop McCall, 86, was also a founder of the Nehemiah United Churches Housing Association in Birmingham. He was said to have had underlying health issues – one o which including him being a diabetic.

Bishop Fearon - who was also in his 80s - died shortly after Bishop McCall. .

 

The two religious leaders died within 24 hours of each other – both after contacting coronavirus.

One regular churchgoer, who knew both men well, spoke of the major concerns of fellow-parishioners about the spread of the Covid-19 epidemic as the pandemic knows no limit as to who it affects.

 

It is understood that the congregation is concerned that any number of them might add to its number of fatalities due to the pandemic.

Led by the well-established Pentecostal Holiness Christian church, the Church of God of Prophecy, which, itself was founded in 1923, created Nehemiah United Churches Housing Association which provides accommodation for people predominantly from the Caribbean community.