Russian Orthodox hospitalized after drinking "Holy Water"

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Russian Orthodox hospitalized after drinking "Holy Water"

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-eu-russia-believers-hospitalized,0,5940154.story

 

I have found out after looking at some orthodox sites that their defense is the ones who believe this water is holy are superstitious, as it was not treated properly by a priest. My question for them was what did they think a priest would be able to do to make it pure and avoid this? I realize they do some hocus pocus with it in the church just as catholics do, but in no way would I believe that procedure removes toxins.

I challenge the priests there to make holy water of that cesspool water and try it out to prove their procedures that make holy water actually do a damn thing to it.