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鈥淢akauulaw听na听magpabunyag听ka听og听walay听bana.听Nakig听dug听ka听og听laki听nga听dili听nimo听bana.听Wala听ma听mauwaw听(It鈥檚 humiliating to have a baptism without a husband. You slept with a man that is not your husband? Aren鈥檛 you ashamed)?鈥� Fr. Romeo听Ubach听of the Sacred Heart Chaplaincy in听Eversely听Child Sanitarium asked the 17-year-old woman who carried her months-old baby.

鈥淜ining听bata听walay听sala听pero听ang听mama听nga听nakigdug听og听lalaki听nga听wala听pay听kasal听maoy听nagpuyo听sa听sala.听Mapasa听unya听ni听sa听bata听ang听disgrasya. Dili听unta听nga听nag happy听happy听unya听naay听bata.听Oo,听grasya听ni听pero听nabuhat听ni听siya听sa听sala听(This child has no sin but her mother who slept with a man without being married to him lives in sin. She may pass on the consequences of her sin to her child. There shouldn鈥檛 have been indulging in their passion then bore a child. Yes, a child is a gift from God but the baby was borne due to sin),鈥� the priest said.

After giving his 鈥渟ermon鈥� Fr.听Ubach听asked the mother if she was married to her baby鈥檚 father.

Msgr. Esteban听Binghay, episcopal vicar of the Archdiocese of Cebu described the actuations of Fr.听Obach听as 鈥渁gainst the rule of courtesy and charity.鈥�

鈥淎ny child, whether legitimate or not, has the right to be baptized. In the same manner, priests have the obligation to baptize anyone because baptism is the only means to remove original sin.听Maayo听gani听gidala听ang听bata听para听bunyagan. (Good that the mother brought her child to be baptized),鈥澨鼴inghay, a canon lawyer, said.

The child鈥檚 grandmother took a video of the priest鈥檚 sermon and uploaded it to her Facebook account yesterday. The video has been shared more than 9,000 times as of Monday afternoon. The young mother told Cebu Daily 黑料社 they don鈥檛 know where to go yet.

鈥淔or now we don鈥檛 know whom to seek for help but for sure we will have a move on this,鈥� she said. At the time the priest was publicly humiliating her, she said she wanted to walk out.

鈥淔eel听unta听nako听nga听mo听walk out听na听tungod听sa听kauwaw.听Kahilakon听na听ko听sa听iyang听pang-insulto听(I felt like I wanted to walk out because of my humiliation. I wanted to cry because of his insults),鈥� she said.

Her mother who posted the video on Facebook said they went to the church to have her grandchild baptized and blessed and didn鈥檛 expect to be insulted by the priest. She said her daughter suffered enough and tried to commit suicide but decided to hold on and keep the baby.

The video and their posts drew comments from the听netizens.

鈥淲here is the love that Christ has taught us? Reminds me of the Pharisees in Jesus time. I pity the mother,鈥� said one听Netizen听who commented on the video.

鈥淭he young mother is battling with fear and confusion,听dapat听agakon听niya听or as priest individual counseling is best鈥�dli kay publicly humiliate听Inday听kay听nauwaw听na听gani听ang听bata听sa听nahitabo听nya..gi听pun-an pa听jud听(he should have comforted her or counseled her in private鈥�not publicly humiliate the girl because she was already embarrassed with what happened to her and then he added to her misery),鈥� said one comment.

Binghay听however said that Fr.听Obach听may have a good intention to remind the baby鈥檚 mother about the teachings of the Church.

鈥淢aayo听man听iyang听katuyo-an听apan听ang听pamaagi听鈥榦ut of order鈥�.听Mora听og听nangasaba听og听ultimo. (The intention was good but the manner was 鈥榦ut of order鈥�. It鈥檚 as if he鈥檚 scolding a servant.),鈥澨鼴inghay听said.

鈥淎s Jesus said, if your brother or sister sins, correct him or her privately, in a manner that only both of you know. But the contrary happened in the case of Fr.听Obach,鈥� he added.

Despite what happened,听Binghay听encouraged the faithful not to lose trust in priests and in Church in general.

鈥淒o not reject your priests. You have a lot of good priests who are doing their best to live virtuous lives. The sin of one is not the sin of all. Continue going to Mass and availing of the sacraments,鈥澨鼴inghay听said.

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Editor鈥檚 note: Reposted from CDN听