Texas Pastor Electrocuted During Baptism

RM · 2005-10-31T14:38:09+00:00

31, 12:42 AM ESTTexas Pastor Electrocuted During Baptism WACO, Texas (AP) -- A pastor performing a baptism was electrocutedinside his church Sunday morning after adjusting a nearby microphonewhile standing in water, a church employee said.The Rev. Kyle Lake, 33, was stepping into the baptistery as he reachedout for the microphone, which produced an electric shock, saidUniversity Baptist Church community pastor Ben Dudley.Water in a baptistery usually reaches above the waist, said ByronWeathersbee, interim university chaplain at Baylor University.Lake was pr---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------TO PROTECT AGAINST ELECTRICAL HAZARDS, DO NOT IMMERSE OBJECT IN WATER.

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Paul Hovnanian P.E. 20 years ago

Two words: Wireless microphone.

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