LEICESTER, United Kingdom – A senior priest in the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales told members of the British Parliament that clergy do their best to “unpack” Baptism requests but that it is all but impossible to discern a person’s “experience of faith” – and thereby know for sure if they are being entirely genuine in their bid to join the Church.
The Home Affairs select committee was meeting to discuss the possibility that asylum seekers were being baptised in order to stay in the United Kingdom.
