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Like in Arizona, botched baptisms roiled Michigan church
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DETROIT (AP) — Thousands of Arizona Catholics recently learned they may have been improperly baptized with the wrong words. In Michigan, a separate but similar controversy has been ongoing since
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DETROIT (AP) — Thousands of Arizona Catholics recently learned they may have been improperly baptized with the wrong words. In Michigan, a separate but similar controversy has been ongoing since
A deacon's error declaring "we baptize" instead of "I baptize" has reportedly invalidated the religious ceremonies for hundreds of members of the Catholic church in Michigan.
Nearly 800 baptisms at St. Anastasia Church in Troy from 1986-99 are considered invalid due to an error by a deacon who said “We baptize” instead of “I baptize.”
The validity of a priest's baptism at a suburban Detroit church has been questioned in the wake of an Arizona priest's mistake which has affected thousands of Catholics in the state.
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