Grimace is a carnival worker who operates the dunk tank. He did not come from any specific religious background but he has been thinking about religious faith a lot, and has decided he wants to become Catholic. He wishes he could find a priest to baptize him, but there are none anywhere for hundreds of miles. One day, Mayor McCheese, who is a Catholic layman running for governor, visits the carnival to meet voters. He meets Grimace, hears his story, and offers to baptize him right then. So Grimace climbs into the dunk tank while Mayor McCheese winds up for the pitch, saying "I baptize you in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit." The pitch connects and Grimace does down into the water. Was this a valid baptism?

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