'Sadist' priest filmed 'violently baptising’ panic-stricken baby is suspended by Orthodox Russian church
A “SADISTIC” priest has been suspended for a year after a video went viral of him “violently” baptising a “panic-stricken” baby.
The frightened child was scratched and bruised on his neck and shoulder from the ordeal, it was reported.But the 55 year old priest refused and in the fracas the woman’s headscarf almost caught fire on a candle.“He is in panic and hysteria.
Fontanka news agency reported: “The sacrament ceremony that cost 3,500 roubles resembled a sadist exercise, and the baby got scratches and bruises.”Before he was suspended, the priest strongly defended himself.“It was all about the mother’s high emotions.According to Orthodox church rules, the baby must be dived three times under the water.“The baby did not swallow any water, he did not hit the walls of the baptismal font.He insisted: “I performed my church duty.
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