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Quebec Catholic church says 295 baptisms invalid By TU THANH HA, Monday, January 13, 2003 MONTREAL -- Carole Morin and her husband, Denis Perron, were about to head out for some holiday shopping last month when the phone rang and they learned that her two young daughters weren't officially part of the Roman Catholic Church. Someone from the diocese of St-Jérôme had called to tell them their children's baptisms were not valid. In an embarrassing slip-up, the baptisms of nearly 300 children at a Roman Catholic parish in Pointe-Calumet, a small town north of Montreal, have been declared invalid because they weren't performed properly. 'We've always been told that if you're not baptized, you're not a Catholic, so it meant our kids didn't have a religion. If the kids weren't baptized, they'd be in limbo if they die,' said Ms. Morin, a freelance video technician. Technically, her daughters would need to be baptized again to participate in other Catholic rites, including taking communion or being married in a Catholic church. For several years now, the diocese of St-Jérôme has been quietly contacting the families of 295 children, offering to rebaptize them. Starting in 1991, the lay person who officiated mistakenly let the parents pour holy water on their children's forehead while she pronounced blessings. No one noticed the problem until 1996, when a sharp-eyed, knowledgeable grandmother spotted the anomaly...
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