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The baby's parents say he was repeatedly submerged by the priest Valentin Ţarălungă
Shortly thereafter he fell ill.
He died on the way to the hospital and the autopsy showed he drowned.
He couldn't inhale, his face turned blue.
and he was foaming at the mouth.
He said we should not interrupt this...their ritual
He was bleeding and frothing at the mouth up to the (unintelligible)
the baby had died....we went today to see the results of the autopsy
he had been healthy...they found water in his lungs and stomach
[Godmother] we saw he wasn't making any sounds, we tried to help as best we could.
he died in my arms
The cause of death was found to be mechanical asphyxia
more specifically drowning.
bodily injuries were found on the baby's body
specifically bruises.
and hemorrhage in the neck.
What does that mean?
That means he was simply holding (squeezing) the baby tightly.
The priest is being investigated for accidental homicide.
The investigation is proceeding under art 44 of the penal code.
The accused faces up to 3 years in jail
The Ecumenical Council of Moldova found out about the case from the high priest of the Rascani region
Father Vaceslav Ungureanu.
Nobody knows the whereabouts of the priest who was performing the baptism.
There is a video recording of the holy baptism.
We will proceed to analyse the submerging procedure.
As far as we know the priest did it according to the canonical procedures
as long as nobody was exposed by the case (unsure what he means - ed)
we can talk about some punishment for the priest
The Ecumenical Council of Moldova does not recollect of a similar case having happened before.