During a Sunday sermon at St. Paul’s Church in Central, Reverend Paul Kwong, the Archbishop of the Anglican Church of Hong Kong since 2007, told his congregation that those who advocate for democracy in Hong Kong should learn from Jesus’ example, who remained silent when facing a death sentence from Pontius Pilate. “He was like a lamb awaiting slaughter,” he said. “Sometimes we don’t have to say anything. Silence is better than saying anything.”
He had more words of wisdom to offer: in reference to arrested student protestors’ complaints to police that they did not have enough food and had to line up to use the loo, he said sarcastically that he “would say ‘why didn’t they bring along their Filipino maids to the march’, reports the SCMP.
Reverend Kwong also happens to be a member of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), an advisory body to the Chinese central government that is supposed to provide them with the views of a wide variety of political parties and organizations.
A member of Reverend Kwong’s congregation called RTHK and told them that she “needs to join another church” and that Kwong “has changed since his CPPCC appointment”.
Photo: Hong Kong Anglican Church website
