Posted on 07/27/2010 6:31:38 PM PDT by Gamecock
Police in Romania are investigating the death of a baby after they say he drowned at the hands of a priest during a ceremonial baptism.
Witnesses claim Father Valentin drowned a six-week old boy when he did not cover the baby's mouth as he was dipped into the water three times.
The boy's relatives say the child swallowed water and was crying during the ceremony Friday as they looked on in horror.
His father Dumitru Gaidau tells The Sun,
"We all saw it, the priest didn't put his hand over the baby's mouth to stop water going in as he should have done and as they do at every other baptism."
The baby's godmother Aliona Vacarciuc adds,
"We couldn't believe it that he just put his hand over his belly and over the head and submerged him three times in the water."
Father Valentin is being investigated for manslaughter. If convicted he faces three years in jail.
Priest in what church, looked over a couple of articles and couldn’t find it,
Fess up, who dunks babies?
WHO just sits there, watching it happen 3 times, knows it isn’t right, and yet sits there anyway?
A horrible, isolated incident. But the church must be Orthodox, as Romania is primarily Orthodox, and we Catholics pour water over heads, rather than dunking.
So they waterboard the babies
Was the priest drunk?
I guess a shock and disbelief factor kicked in. Terrible tragedy.
Moldovan Orthodox. Fortunately the baby is in Heaven now.
At least the baby was ‘saved’, right?
I have friends from Moldova who are Russian Orthodox. The baby is definitely submerged (entire body) and it is usually done in the nude. Sounds like a huge mistake by not closing off the mouth and nose.
Right, the priest not so much.
Boris Yeltsin nearly drowned at his baptism in 1931 when the priest, who was drunk, accidentally dropped him into the baptismal font.
“and we Catholics pour water over heads, rather than dunking.”
And then, I never saw anyone buried three times, either (Orthodox).
hiphopwired?
Well if hiphopwired says this happened, thien it must be treu.
No doubt about it.
Stuff like this usually happens when the church do things that isn’t biblical. 6 week old baptism???
I must be going french?
” . . . . and it is usually done in the nude.”
Is that the priest or the baby?
It looks like it. Go ahead and throw out all your soap and deodorant.
The parents.
So, infant baptism was/is a cynical con game by religious grifters to squeeze coins from impoverished but anxious parents?
Acts 2:38 (King James Version)
38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
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