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Priest removed as exorcist after his comments on UFOs and demons
nbc ^ | 06/03/2026

Posted on 06/04/2026 6:10:53 AM PDT by BenLurkin

The Catholic archbishop of Washington, D.C., Cardinal Robert McElroy, on Wednesday removed a well-known priest as an exorcist of the archdiocese after he made public comments suggesting that UFO sightings were the work of demons.

McElroy said the archdiocese also was cutting ties with the St. Michael Center for Spiritual Renewal, a Washington-based nonprofit headed by the priest, Monsignor Stephen Rossetti.

The archbishop said Rossetti’s statements “linking UFOs to demonic presence and the Center’s recent use of social media gravely undermine the Church’s very precise teaching on the devil, demons and exorcism.”

“There’s a danger here,” Rossetti said Friday in a video on his Facebook page addressing UFO sightings and the existence of aliens. “As an exorcist I wanted to raise that danger. And that is that demons like to hide. ... They don’t want us to know what they’re doing because they’re more effective when we don’t realize it.”

(Excerpt) Read more at nbcnews.com ...


TOPICS: Science; UFO's
KEYWORDS: belongsinreligion; paranoia; robertmcelroy; superstition; witlessdemonology
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1 posted on 06/04/2026 6:10:53 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

Sounds like this priest was listening to Tucker who said the same thing.


2 posted on 06/04/2026 6:14:08 AM PDT by for-q-clinton (RL)
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To: BenLurkin

Then it’s a good thing Vice President Vance didn’t go into the priesthood, as he shares the same opinion.


3 posted on 06/04/2026 6:14:42 AM PDT by MikelTackNailer (No true religion preaches hate. Islam does nothing but that, therefore is not a religion.)
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To: BenLurkin

What is the proof they are NOT the work of demons? This is a strange stance for a church to take.


4 posted on 06/04/2026 6:15:52 AM PDT by BipolarBob (Call my personal secretary, Jennie, at 867-5309.)
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To: BenLurkin

He is correct. They are not interstellar aliens, they are interdimensional demonic beings.


5 posted on 06/04/2026 6:16:04 AM PDT by Psalm 73 ("You'll never hear surf music again" - J. Hendrix)
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To: for-q-clinton

Yep.


6 posted on 06/04/2026 6:19:18 AM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: MikelTackNailer

Yup.


7 posted on 06/04/2026 6:19:27 AM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: for-q-clinton

“Sounds like this priest was listening to Tucker who said the same thing.”

Demons don’t have physical bodies. That is why they seek to possess. If there are really alien bodies being preserved, it is impossible for them to be demons.


8 posted on 06/04/2026 6:22:47 AM PDT by odawg
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To: BenLurkin

He was exorcised from being an exorcist.


9 posted on 06/04/2026 6:25:00 AM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all. )
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To: BenLurkin

First of all, there is no real proof that UFOs even exist. That’s WHY they are called UNIDENTIFIED.

So, what’s wrong with having a theory that might explain the phenomena that people are reporting?

Does the Vatican think that extraterrestrials from other planets are the only explanation? Or that they don’t exist at all and people are lying or mistaken?

Does the Vatican now believe the same of demons, that they aren’t real?

Seriously, it’s just a stupid thing to fire this guy. All he did was use CHRISTIAN belief to tie into what people may be experiencing!


10 posted on 06/04/2026 6:25:13 AM PDT by Alas Babylon! (Conservatives can't afford to sit out. Vote like your freedom depends on it, it does!)
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“...And that is that demons like to hide. ... They don’t want us to know what they’re doing because they’re more effective when we don’t realize it.”

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Sounds a lot like the M.O. of some of the more nefarious and clandestine human organizations. The more you are unaware of them, the more effectively they can operate.
Perhaps there is some intersection here between them, but I believe human beings are capable of being quite evil without having to blame UFOs or demons


11 posted on 06/04/2026 6:25:37 AM PDT by z3n (Kakistocracy)
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To: BenLurkin

Cardinal Robert McElroy seems a bit demonic himself. He is Left of Lenin for sure.


12 posted on 06/04/2026 6:26:59 AM PDT by Jim from C-Town (The government is rarely benevolent, often malevolent and never benign! )
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To: BipolarBob

Once you realize the RCC management is pretending to worship God, things start making sense.


13 posted on 06/04/2026 6:30:31 AM PDT by SPDSHDW (A sinner saved by Jesus)
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To: z3n

Without God, There is no bottom for the wickedness of Man.

This has been proven time and time again in history.


14 posted on 06/04/2026 6:31:44 AM PDT by SPDSHDW (A sinner saved by Jesus)
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To: BenLurkin

I don’t think what the Church did here is that controversial. If the Church has an official position on what UFOs are, then priests need to follow that position. Not insert their own opinions into the public dialog.


15 posted on 06/04/2026 6:34:43 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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To: BenLurkin

Looks like the censoring of Christians over the UFO issue has arrived even before the aliens have arrived

This should be interesting

Next thing you know, they will be telling us that the Bible was written to prepare man


16 posted on 06/04/2026 6:37:58 AM PDT by rdcbn1 (..when poets buy guns, tourist season is over................Walter R. Mead)
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To: BenLurkin

Well, again, the Catholic clergyman who is right about something turns out to be the exception...


17 posted on 06/04/2026 6:38:18 AM PDT by OKSooner (You vill eat ze bogs. Undt you vill LIKE IT!!!)
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To: BipolarBob

“What is the proof they are NOT the work of demons? This is a strange stance for a church to take.”
____________________________
Exactly!
I’m here to say MANY of the laity in the Church believe the same!
Should they ALL be excommunicated?
Maybe the Church should have acted as quickly, and definitively when the child abuse scandal was known!


18 posted on 06/04/2026 6:39:47 AM PDT by bantam
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To: SPDSHDW

How true.


19 posted on 06/04/2026 6:45:02 AM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: Texas Eagle

I wonder if he could go freelance. Can you only be an exorcist as a RC priest or are there other versions?


20 posted on 06/04/2026 6:59:04 AM PDT by xp38
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