News, Baptism ceremony. Russia's trend for dipping children in frozen rivers. (priest, Catholic)

[JD59]

When an amateur video of a screaming, naked boy being plunged by a priest into an ice hole in Siberia appeared on the web, it caused a massive outcry in the Russian media and blogosphere.

The boy appears to be no more than five or six years old.

BBC News - Russia's trend for dipping children in frozen rivers

[jaida]

If adults want to risk their lives, that's on them, but no child should be baptized in such a way that could be deadly. This reminds me of Catholic saints who abused their bodies in order to get closer to God. Senseless.