Posted on 09/24/2013 11:27:07 AM PDT by Alex Murphy
Olivia Newton-John has had an exorcism at her house.
The 'Grease' star was rocked by the death of 41-year-old contractor Christopher Pariseletti on her property in August, so hired a Catholic priest to perform the ritual and cleanse it of bad spirits.
Olivia, 64, was joined by her husband, John Easterling, and a pair of friends during the ritual, where prayers were recited and holy water distributed around the home.
Christopher had worked on the property at the Jupiter Inlet Colony, Florida, and had a key. He is thought to have been in financial difficulty with his business facing closure, and had asked for a loan from Olivia to keep his company going. He killed himself with a shotgun by the pool while the property was empty and was found by another builder.
Olivia has been hoping to sell the house, and has had to slash $200,000 from the asking price after the incident.
A real estate agent told the Daily Express newspaper: "Unfortunately there is a grim notoriety to the house and people are put off by that.
"Whoever buys the home will always know that someone blew their brains out in there. It is not the nicest housewarming present."
Rosie O'Donnell had been ready to buy the property, but withdrew her offer in the wake of Christopher's death.
Other stars to have homes in Jupiter Inlet Colony include Kid Rock and Tiger Woods.
“He is thought to have been in financial difficulty with his business facing closure, and had asked for a loan from Olivia to keep his company going. He killed himself with a shotgun by the pool while the property was empty and was found by another builder.”
Wow, what an ass. “You won’t give me a loan? Ok, I’m going to kill myself and try to make you feel bad about it.”
They may be able to bless the house, but exorcisms are for people.
I agree. Selfish in multiple ways.
This doesn’t sound like a exorcism. More like a preventative measure against a possible haunting? Is there any evidence of a haunting?
Um, okay...
‘Hired’ a Catholic priest???
No God-fearing clergy worth his salvation should go anywhere near this circus masquerading as an exorcism. What the Hell (and I use that word intentionally) was he thinking?
Must be so open-minded that his brains long ago leaked out of his ears.
People give God and the Church such a bad name.
Sounds like an attempt to recoup the $200K on the cheap.
Wouldn’t keep me from buying the place.
Well, I love creepy anyway.....
This coming from a 6’6” who plays the Reaper on Halloween, wearing 4” heels. I scare the CRAP out of people.
One year I worked at a haunted house. You wouldn’t believe how scared the people were at this 6’10” grim reaper. I could tell you stories.....
I guess he never was mellow.
This story does not add up. Can a house be possessed by the devil? Maybe the priest came to the house, said some prayers, and blessed the house. Catholic priests bless animals, but I have never heard of an exorcism of an animal.
He finally had to get physical, and let his body talk.
You may have to disclose the fact of the death but being outside at the pool changes the disclosure herbage.She needs to find a savvy agent on how to handle the death. Many people die inside their residence and I haven’t been privy to any stats showing a problem with selling.
Oh my.
Aging reasonably well.
GUILTY !
She might also try a “sage smudge”, basically burning some sage spice or leaves in a place where “the mood is bad”. It’s an old and well-honored American Indian custom, with no particular religious association, so it is inoffensive that way.
But, anecdotally speaking, for some reason it seems to work.
If people are in a stressed, in a bad mood, wanting to argue with each other over trivial things, it kind of breaks the tension so things don’t get worse, and everybody relaxes somewhat.
However, if somebody has a bad intent, hoping to hurt others or cause them pain and suffering, steal from them, things like that, sage smoke smells repulsive to them and they leave.
Interestingly, methamphetamine users also find in intensely repulsive, and leave the area as well. A very useful thing to know if such people are hanging around.
Sage also has a lot of beneficial medicinal properties as well as being a tasty spice.
That's Olivia Newton John. Not George Takai.
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