pastor dies of Coronavirus in Virginia weeks after telling the government "I don't care about your opinion"

Virginia Bishop Gerald Glenn has died of Coronavirus just weeks after he defied the ban on social gatherings to host a packed church service.

Church official Bryan Nevers announced the news during New Deliverance Evangelistic’s Easter Sunday livestream.

He said: "It is with an exceedingly sorrowful and heavy heart that I come to you this morning, and regret to inform you that on last night, April the 11th at 9 p.m., our father Bishop Gerald Glenn transitioned from labor to reward."

Glenn’s death comes after his last in-person service on March 22.

Glenn made headlines after the sermon, for proudly broadcasting a completely full service while boasting about flouting the ban on social gatherings.

"I got way more than 10 people here," Glenn said in his sermon in reference to the ban issued by Gov. Ralph Northam.

Glenn also slammed the government for "making moral decisions for church members."

He said at the time: "I know I’m on some controversial territory. I don’t care about your opinion. I’m not trying to appease anybody."