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In my family WhatsApp we tend to have very interesting conversations. One of my uncles sent this video and honestly I didn’t even know what to say ( that’s a first!) because I was brought up a Catholic but always hated the religion and renounced it at 13 my direct family respected and even understood and supported this...Had I opened my mouth to my whole family in this method I would upset a whole lot of people about this topic. So please ladies, share what would you do or even respond unhealthy catholics about this. 
This images are from a video of a baby being christened. The baby is clearly in distress and crying, the priest starts to touch the child’s face to calm him down, proceeding to grab the child’s face and neck with far too much force and eventually actually slapping the baby. 
I don’t yet have a child, but even as I’m writing this I’m shaking thinking about it. I think I would kill the priest. Seriously, because if he does this in front of the parents, imagine what this monster would feel is within his right to do behind closed doors 🚪!!!! What would you ladies do in this situation? Please share better ways of dealing with this that wouldn’t involve me getting arrested. Photos showing a brief example are below.

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One priest doesn't  dictate the entire Catholic  Community.  I would have taken my child and walked out of there. 🤷🏼‍♀️

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I had my child baptized In December. He threw the fattttttest fit when they needed to touch him. The priest was very patient, and wasnt forceful with our son. He didnt even get frustrated.

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Didn’t we already talk about this?  Yes it’s not ok. But one priest does not represent the entire community or religion

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There is already a conversation/topic currently discussing this but this video made me sick to my stomach... I am a catholic and thought this was completely wrong on so many levels—I honestly couldn’t imagine anyone being okay with this until out of curiosity I went into a catholic online forum to see what people were saying about it... I was SHOCKED by the amount of people trying to justify this and saying what he did wasn’t wrong. Many said this happened in a cultural where this is “normal”... nothing about this seemed normal to me. Many made excuses for him—saying he had dementia and was bothered by the child’s screaming. They compared it to a “slap” that bishops and priests apparently give as a blessing. I’ve been to many baptisms and have never witnessed such behavior from a priest. The parents didn’t think it was appropriate either but I think they were stunned at first by what was happening which caused a delayed reaction.

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I don’t advocate for violence but I would have slapped him back. He had the audacity to hang onto that child’s head as the mother was trying to pull him away. She obviously couldn’t even pull her child away without causing further injury because he had his disgusting hands so tight. I don’t know how they stayed so calm. Fuck that priest.

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I’m baptist, so we don’t christen or baptize our children at birth/a young age. But this would definitely make me grab my child and walk out of there. There is absolutely no reason to handle a child like that.

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I’ve had zero experience with the catholic religion so wont comment on that but this situation on the whole makes me so mad and upset. I wish the mother had pulled her child away when the priest started being intimidating to the child, it actually makes my blood boil to watch this video 😡😡😡

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I would have laid his ass out

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I mean i cried too when I was baptized.....he shouldn’t slap it though ...

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I would have snatched my kid away from him the second he touched him roughly. I would have a very very hard time not punching the priest in the face.

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