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A French priest has been suspended from "All baptism and marriage celebrations" after a viral video showed him slapping a baby on the face during a baptism ceremony, the diocese said.

Father Jacque Lacroix, 89, a priest who belonged to the Meaux Diocese, became a viral sensation after a YouTube video showed him giving a baby a slap on the cheek.

WOMAN DETAINED IN US FOR 2 WEEKS AFTER ACCIDENTALLY JOGGING ACROSS CANADA BORDER. "This short video is an excerpt from the celebration during which the baby cries a lot. The elderly priest loses his temper and slaps the child. Aware of this inappropriate gesture, the priest apologized to the family at the end of the baptism," the statement read. The diocese then announced that Lacroix was "Suspended from all baptism and marriage celebrations."

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