He didn’t just slap the baby, he looks like he is covering the baby’s mouth, squeezing painfully - maybe in an attempt to smother it?
He needs to have his protected and pensioned ass kicked.
I was Catholic but left as the church has ALWAYS protected pedophiles and abusers, keeping them on salary and pension with benefits - even moving the rapists to unsuspecting communities without notifying them of the molester in the midst.
This POS needs to be stripped of everything and banished to hell.
The documentary series “The Keepers” was very eye opening.
It looks like the kid bit down on the priest’s thumb.