[Alex Murphy]

[41-year-old contractor Christopher Pariseletti] 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."

[Boogieman]

“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.”

[Lou L]

Technically, I don't know that a priest can perform an exorcism on a non-living entity; e.g., a house.

They may be able to bless the house, but exorcisms are for people.

[plain talk]

This doesn’t sound like a exorcism. More like a preventative measure against a possible haunting? Is there any evidence of a haunting?

[ClearCase_guy]

Question: If a contractor with financial troubles were to approach Tiger Woods and ask for a loan, do you think Tiger would now be:
a) more likely, or
b) less likely, to give the guy a helping hand?

[Gamecock]

I guess he never was mellow.

[Gamecock]

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

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.

[informavoracious]

It is not unheard of to have a priest simply bless a house. The press, or Olivia, may have expanded it into an “exorcism.”

[a fool in paradise]

Exorcist - The Musical PING!

[wrench]

IIRC, ONJ demanded the contractor give a full 5 year parts and labor warranty on the house to the new buyer.

New buyer was Rosie O’Donnell.

You do the math.

[vpintheak]

Can anyone tell me where this is Biblical? Praying for protection is 1 thing, all the rest is just plain heresy.

[supremedoctrine]

“Let’s get spiritual......spirituallllll....”

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Muse from XANADU come back to haunt the house?

[newfreep]

She was definitely an "innocent looking" hottie back in the day...

[GreyFriar]

Ping without comment.

[Cementjungle]

This is all BS. All they have to do is hose down the patio and they should be good to go.

[Some Fat Guy in L.A.]

Gosh she was pretty back in the day.

[narses]

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[Teófilo]

I see no “exorcism” here, just a house blessing. I had one done when I moved to my new residence last year. Nor are priests “hired” to conduct exorcisms, they are asked.

This is a poor article. Its author didn’t care about the facts, just about sensationalism.

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~Theo