London, England, Apr 30, 2008 / 02:05 am
Catholic schools in Britain are now rebuffing parents who, desperate to enroll their children in high-quality Catholic schools, baptize their children for pragmatic reasons, according to the Telegraph.
Parents are said to go through a “five-year epiphany,” baptizing their children when they reach school age.
Many schools are refusing to consider children who have had late baptisms. Some have set the upper limit at 12 months, while others consider only those who have been baptized within a few weeks of birth.
Peter Stanford, a governor at St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic primary school in London, said, “if you have had your child baptized at two or three or four they won't get in.”