Considering there is a cottage industry of selling exemption

By religious leaders and doctors alike, it seems warranted.

I say reject them unless you can provide that the person actually goes to that church or has a longer than email length relationship with that pastor. Hell, the example of the guy in the article admitted he didn't belong to a specific denomination! I fail to see how someone who can't even commit to denomination can say they have a "closely held belief" that is longer than a news cycle.

This is a public health emergency, these things should be highly scrutinized.