Belgian Church fights order to erase baptismal entry

A television documentary series has reportedly sparked a rise in ‘debaptism’ requests.

The Catholic Church in Belgium has said it will fight an order to erase an entry in a baptismal register, amid a reported rise in “debaptism” requests.

The interior of St. Bavo’s Cathedral in Ghent, Belgium. Sailko via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 3.0). 

A spokesman said that the Church had appealed a Dec. 19 decision by Belgium’s Data Protection Authority requiri…