....and to know madness and folly...
Ecclesiastes 1:17
"A six-week-old child has died after suffering a heart attack during a
baptism ceremony in an Orthodox Church in Romania, according to reports.
The incident happened in the city of Suceava at the Church of
St. Constantin and Elena, where according to Orthodox ordinances, the
baby was completely submerged three times for the ceremony.
Emerging
unresponsive, he was rushed to the hospital where he was resuscitated
and put on a ventilator, then succumbed to his injuries.
According to the child’s father, during the autopsy doctors found 110 mm of liquid in the baby’s lungs.
The priest who performed the baptism, Alexandru Mazarache, ....
Despite the outcry and a petition to cease the practice, he said that
the method of baptism will not change, but that “more attention will
probably be needed to keep the nose and mouth above the water.”
The baptism was filmed and Police say the priest may be charged with manslaughter."
Protestia