Baby Drowns During Baptism
Horray for pointlessly dangerous rituals!
A priest in eastern Europe has been accused of drowning a baby boy as he baptised him.
Police are investigating Father Valentin for accidential homicide after witnesses at the ceremony said the priest did not cover the baby’s mouth during the ritual, The Sun newspaper reports.
Father Valentin had denied being responsible for the baby’s death during the baptism in Moldova.
The six-week-old baby died on the way to hospital and an autopsy found he had drowned, the baby’s dad Dumitru Gaidau told Romania’s Publica TV.
Mr Gaidau, 36, said his son was clearly in distress during the ceremony.
“He couldn’t inhale, his face turned blue and he was foaming at the mouth. He [the priest] said we should not interrupt this their ritual,” he said.
“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.”
Water was found in the baby’s lungs.
The baby’s godmother, Aliona Vacarciuc, said the baby had been crying as the priest submerged him in the water.
“We couldn’t believe it but we thought the priest must know what he’s doing, but he didn’t. When we got him back there was nothing that could be done anymore,”The Sun quoted her as saying.
When the baby’s angry relatives confronted the priest, he told them he knew what he was doing and was experienced at baptisms, Ms Vacarciuc said.
If found guilty of accidental homicide, Father Valentin could spend three years in jail.
Maybe he forgot to bless the water. I mean, is it even possible to drown in holy water? It’s holy!
Of course, this isn’t god’s fault, we can’t blame him for such things..
Yahweh knows everything, but he didn’t really know that the baby was going to die — that’s why the baby died!
That is what you get for having idiots for parents.
In parenting classes, they stress that a 6 week old baby is not old enough for a bath, unless done by washcloth in less than an inch of water. A-la spongebath. Why would you dunk a baby when it isn’t safe to bathe a baby?? Jeepers.
He dunked it several times in a row.
If you did that to me unexpectedly, I’d likely choke.. and I’m an adult. This guy should be put in prison.
And should get the same punishment that is handed down to sex offenders.
As in, the death penalty — execution by hanging. I would love to see the pope die that way too.
I thought the church’s “punishment” for sex offenders is relocation.
A 3 year sentence is not enough.
If my kid was choking and a priest asked me not to interrupt the ceremony then profuse blasphemy would certainly ensue.
Fuck your ceremony you cunt, a child’s life is in your inept hands!
The sad thing is that christians will be relieved that he was “baptised in time” so his soul won’t be damned. Your fucking ritual is the very cause of his death!
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That might explain the spike in traffic today.
It’s just mind boggling that in this day and age people still trust PRIESTS with their children’s wellbeing.
I bet the priest is really sorry and remorseful, though.. Poor kid died before he got a chance to sodomize it.
Poor priest is probably the laughing stock of his parish. “Ha ha! You didn’t get none!”
WHAT! only 3 year sentence for a homicide?! what right does he have that prevent him from being prosecuted heavier?