This is the moment a terrified girl screamed as a Russian priest forced her head underwater during an extreme baptism meant to remove Satan from inside her.
Ilia Semiletov will face a church court and could be struck off after he was seen pushing the naked child's head three times in the font in Yessentuki, south west
Russia.
The girl screamed in terror but watching adults did not intervene and there was even laughter among those standing nearby.
There were claims that the priest had twice struck the girl's head on the font during the extreme baptism but these were denied by the church and the girl's mother.
The mother admitted the girl 'cried because she was scared of the priest', although the parents did not register a complaint.
Indeed, the mother has said she was 'grateful' to the priest for baptising her daughter.
A worried parishioner Liliya Reznikova said the priest had told her that children - other than newborn babies - must be 'broken' during the baptism ritual because 'Satan is sitting inside them'.
The Russian Orthodox church is planning to take action against the priest over the video which has gone viral in Russia this week - even though the baptism was two years ago.