An anti-mask church minister is under police investigation after his live-streamed Sunday service apparently flouted Sydney's rigid lockdown laws, even boasting that he recently performed an illegal wedding.
Pastor Martin Beckett raged against Covid rules from the pulpit during a sermon broadcast on Facebook from The Rock Community Centre in the city's virus-riddled west, saying 'losing your life is not the worst thing'.
In footage from the fiery sermon, he rallied against Covid restrictions, comparing the deadly virus to a 'seasonal flu' and claiming people were being forced to live in fear.
He also made the potentially tongue-in-cheek comment that the prayer meeting was being held in a room with his musicians and 'just the 100 or so people we've snuck in.'
Mr Beckett is seen on stage with a band, with none of the four wearing masks, as well as an unmasked sound technician moving around the room.
Rogue church minister Martin Beckett (pictured) is under police investigation after his Sunday service apparently flouted Sydney's rigid lockdown laws.
In the video, Mr Beckett claims to have conducted a wedding for a couple who got married on Saturday in breach of lockdown rules.
'I'm not going to say their names because some gooses out there, they're like calling the police because they're just retarded,' he said.
'We got to do this wedding. And we celebrated together. We had a meal together. We got to share the beginning of a new relationship, a new beginning.
'They're waiting to start their life. And we just go "just suck it up. There's a deadly virus going around!" This is what I'm talking about.
'This is a seasonal flu we're going through. Come on.'
Under the current lockdown restrictions, weddings cannot be held in New South Wales.
He branded coronavirus a 'pitiful excuse for a killer virus' and made several controversial comments about the pandemic, before saying 'we live, we die'.
And The pastor, previously known for his outstanding community work in Sydney's west, said the virus
