Like in Arizona, botched baptisms roiled Michigan church

One word caught the ear of a young priest a few years ago when his father shared a video of his 1990 baptism at a suburban Detroit church. “Wait,” the Rev. Matthew Hood recalled thinking. Indeed, an error by a deacon who said “We baptize” instead of “I baptize” spoiled Hood's baptism in the eyes of the Catholic Church — and, in domino-like fashion, erased his other sacraments and meant that he wasn't really a priest.

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