BRAZIL
Daily Mail (UK)
[with video]
By Gerard Couzens and Gianluca Mezzofiore For Mailonline
A priest yanks hard on children’s hair and kicks one up the backside as he tries to avoid him in this astonishing video filmed inside a Brazilian church.
The images have caused controversy throughout south America where the footage is going viral.
The youngsters are said to have been preparing for their First Communion and the unnamed holy man was reported to have been giving them an unorthodox blessing.
He grabs each child by the hair as they parade past him at the altar and pulls their head from side to side.
One of the youngsters in the line-up covers his hair with his hands to avoid the bizarre treatment.
Another infant crawls underneath him on the floor when her turn comes round, but still gets a kick up the bottom as she is on the floor.
An adult mixed in with the children is left alone when she walks past the priest – and doesn’t appear to offer any protest at the treatment he is meting out.
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