Article 5W757 Thousands of baptisms invalidated by priest’s use of one wrong word

Thousands of baptisms invalidated by priest’s use of one wrong word

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Richard Luscombe
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Priest in Phoenix, Arizona, resigns after mistakenly using the phrase we baptize you' instead of I baptize you' for years

Thousands of baptisms at a Catholic church in Arizona have been invalidated because a priest used the wrong words in performing the ceremony.

Father Andres Arango resigned from the St Gregory parish church in Phoenix earlier this month after diocese leaders discovered he had mistakenly used the phrase we baptize you" instead of I baptize you" for years.

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