Maryland hospitals allow religious visitation after HHS intervention

Published July 21, 2020 6:35pm ET



A series of Maryland hospitals on Tuesday changed their coronavirus visitation policies to include religious ministry after a woman filed a complaint with the Department of Health and Human Services.

The complaint, in which Susanna Marcus accused the University of Maryland Medical System of preventing a Catholic priest from administering the sacraments to her husband, Sidney Marcus, represented a civil rights violation, according to Roger Severino, the director of the Office of Civil Rights at HHS.

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