Given all the scandals surrounding the church regarding paedophilia and inappropriate behaviour, it amazes me that this Priest thought this was uncontroversial....
i'll bet this 'ceremony' began when someone walked in on a priest in this position, and he had to think fast and cook up some excuse, to get out of it, and prevent being beaten up by the kids parents - and so he had to do it every year, to save face - and now its stuck, and its too late to cancel it...
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