An atheist has won the right to have his baptism removed from Church of England records after claiming he was too young to give his consent to the ceremony.
-- From "Atheist wins right to have baptism removed as he did not consent as a baby" by Chris Irvine, [London] Telegraph 4/9/09
John Hunt, a newly qualified nurse, was baptised at the age of five months at the parish church of St Jude with St Aidin in Thornton Heath, south London.
As a schoolboy he decided he did not believe in God and stopped going to Sunday school aged 11.
He was told that his baptism cannot be deleted because it is a matter of historical record.
He then secured a "de-baptism" certificate produced by the National Secular Society (NSS), rejecting "superstitions" or the idea of original sin.
This week the church backed down and said the entry would be "corrected".
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