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Russell Brand announces plan to be baptised as it's 'an opportunity to leave the past behind' - after sexual assault allegations were exposed

Russell Brand has announced that he is 'taking the plunge' and is soon going to be baptised as it is an 'opportunity to leave the past behind'.

'As meaning deteriorates in the modern world, as our value systems and institutions crumble, all of us become increasingly aware that there is this eerily familiar awakening and beckoning figure that we've all known all of our lives, within us and around us. After the claims came to light, Russell appeared on Tucker Carlson's show last month, where he referenced the allegations he faces and the ongoing police and BBC investigations several times. MailOnline previously revealed that Russell, who shares three children with his wife of seven years, Laura Gallacher, has been running his business operation out of a disused pub in the town of Pishill, Oxfordshire.

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