Kentucky Mother Upset By Football Player Son’s Baptism

HARDINSBURG, Ky. (AP) - A Kentucky woman says her 16-year-old son was baptized without her consent when he and fellow football players were taken to a Baptist revival by their coach.

Michelle Ammons says she is upset that the school’s superintendent even attended the service last month at a church where the superintendent and coach are members.

The teenager, Robert Coffey, told the Courier-Journal newspaper that Coach Scott Mooney told him the trip would include a steak dinner and a motivational speaker. But parents of two other players say they were told about the revival.

Superintendent Janet Meeks says no one was required to go on the trip and fuel for the school bus was paid for by another coach.

The teen’s mother says she has contacted a lawyer but has not decided whether to take any action.