French priest, 89, who slapped crying baby during his baptism forced to retire

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French priest, 89, who slapped crying baby during his baptism forced to retire

The 89-year-old priest was filmed hitting the two-year-old because he was crying during his baptism at the Collegiate Church in Champeaux, in the south-eastern suburbs of Paris, last Sunday.
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“'Jean-Yves, the Bishop of Meaux, said he had ‘taken measures so that the priest is suspended from all baptism and marriage celebrations.’ The Bishop said Father Jacques would only be allowed to celebrate mass in the future if this was cleared beforehand.”
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The priest said “‘I apologised for my clumsiness to the family. I am finishing my ministry now, it was my last baptism, there is an end to everything.’”
 
I agree it was time to step away. But I will be praying for this priest regardless.

Before anyone starts in telling me that I should pray for the baby, baby is so young he is likely not going to remember this short, isolated incident.
 
Nobody was seriously injured or maimed. The Priest is old and probably became confused. :man_shrugging:t2: At some point everyone has to retire. So, I’m not gonna jump on some 89 year old Priest for his lapse of judgment. The incident was handled appropriately.
 
in this particular case the 89 year old priest was proven that he should’ve retired by now, he acted poorly.

but be careful about saying something like that. it comes off as ageist. just because a person is 89 doesn’t mean they can’t perform their duties.
 
He probably thought he should continue to work. Then there’s the Priest shortage :man_shrugging:t2:
 
SacredHeartBassist said:
in this particular case the 89 year old priest was proven that he should’ve retired by now, he acted poorly.

but be careful about saying something like that. it comes off as ageist. just because a person is 89 doesn’t mean they can’t perform their duties.
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No matter how you slice it an 89yo is not as capable as a 40 or 50 or 60 year old. Even in perfect health, they should have the time an comforts that their age affords them. We shouldn’t have to call upon nearly 90 year olds. Can and should are two different words.
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He probably thought he should continue to work. Then there’s the Priest shortage :man_shrugging:t2:
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Again, which is a tragedy that we must call incredibly old men into full-time service because young men did not listen to God.

It is terrible that the Catholic church has gotten to the point where we have 90 year old men who are depended upon to do all of the things a parish needs.
 
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some 89 year olds are more capable than some 50 year old people I know, it’s rare, but still, don’t be ageist. just because a person is 89 doesn’t mean they aren’t capable. there are a lot more factors.

and you’re assuming that they had to call upon him, maybe he was offered an early retirement and turned it down. some people want to continue working.

besides, how difficult is the average baptism anyway? it’s not like the priest was being required to do manual labor
 
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SacredHeartBassist said:
some 89 year olds are more capable than some 50 year old people I know, it’s rare, but still, don’t be ageist. just because a person is 89 doesn’t mean they aren’t capable. there are a lot more factors.

and you’re assuming that they had to call upon him, maybe he was offered an early retirement and turned it down. some people want to continue working.
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The Bible and Cannon law both speak about respecting old age. There is a dignity that the old have earned. They should not be relied upon as we do young men. Retired priest-in-residence? Sure. But not the pastor/associate pastor (I cannot tell from the article if he was the pastor or associate). This is undignified and unacceptable way to treat our elders.
 
where does the article say he was either pastor or associate pastor? it doesn’t.
 
don’t be snarky. i looked on google too, nothing on him being a pastor or associate
 
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It is terrible that the Catholic church has gotten to the point where we have 90 year old men who are depended upon to do all of the things a parish needs.
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It is what it is :confused:
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It dosn’t make it any less tragic that we are faced with forcing old men into active service.
 
there you go again, there’s nothing in the article that implies he was forced into service
 
Xanthippe_Voorhees said:
No matter how you slice it an 89yo is not as capable as a 40 or 50 or 60 year old. Even in perfect health, they should have the time an comforts that their age affords them. We shouldn’t have to call upon nearly 90 year olds. Can and should are two different words.
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Tell that to my former boss who I worked for when he was 89. He was very happy doing his job, traveled around for work, was more competent than some of his much younger colleagues, was well loved, drove himself a short distance and back for work every day, was a great boss, and kept it up till age 93 when he had a fall and died a few weeks later. Legendary dude in the circles that knew him.

I’m not saying every elderly person is still awesome at work, but not every one of them is a doddering fool either. His job was also structured so it didn’t take any headcount from a younger person. They got their new younger hire while my boss continued as an extra resource.
 
Yes, cannon law is clear that one should not fire a cannon that is more than 80 years old… unless it’s undergone extensive annual maintenance.

Sorry… I can’t avoid poking every time I see this typo.
 
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