>Boazman watched a video of his baptism.The deacon used the words “We baptize you” instead of the proper “I baptize you,” which made the sacrament invalid.
>Boazman lived a normal Catholic life. He went to Mass and to Confession, received Holy Communion, was “confirmed,” was “ordained” a deacon and a priest.
>None of it was real. It is impossible for anyone to receive the sacraments who wasn’t first baptized.
>Father Matthew Hood had an experience similar to that of Boazman. Hood had watched a video of his “baptism,” realizing it was invalid.
>all the sacraments he thought he had conferred were invalid.
>“My heart breaks for those for whom I’ve celebrated Mass, Mass intentions I’ve offered, the confessions I’ve heard, and especially the sacraments of anointing of the sick that I’ve celebrated for people on their deathbeds, my grandmother included among them,” he said.
>Many clergy have failed to ensure the integrity of the sacraments. There are many documented cases of sacraments, including baptism, having been celebrated invalidly. The full extent of the problem is unknown, in large part because of the breakdown of ecclesiastical discipline.
>There is now an urgent need for widespread conditional [re-]baptism.
