A 60-year-old priest and a churchgoer drowned during a night-time baptism ceremony at a disused quarry in Centurion, south of Pretoria. Police said about seven members of the Mamelodi Holy Sprit Church of Zion went to the Pierre van Ryneveld quarry around 8.30pm. All seven entered the water but the priest, a man and a woman wandered in slightly deeper and experienced difficulties. The others attempted to rescue them and managed to pull the woman to safety, but could not save the 30-year-old man and the priest.