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Metro Detroit priest goes viral for using squirt gun to shoot holy water

Posted at 5:52 AM, May 18, 2020
and last updated 2020-05-18 07:36:03-04

GROSSE POINTE PARK, Mich. (WXYZ) — A metro Detroit priest is going viral for using a squirt gun to bless members with holy water.

St. Ambrose Parish posted the photos online showing Father Tim Pec using a squirt gun to spray the holy water.

The method helps him maintain social distancing from parishioners who drive up to the church.

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