Exorcism experts urged for Irish dioceses

Belfast Telegraph ^ | February 4, 2005 | David Quinn

[Irish_Thatcherite]

....and demonic infestation.

[Incorrigible]

MuWaHaHaHaHaHaHa!

[Canticle_of_Deborah]

(if he can stomach their anti-sedevacantism).

Excuse me? What is that supposed to mean?

If there's any other aspect of this you'd like to discuss, I can be reached by FReepmail, but I am by no means an expert on exorcism.

I don't need advice. I understand the situation better than you think.

[Canticle_of_Deborah]

if your whacko sedevacantist nanny filter lets you click on Catholic sites that is.

What garbage. You should be ashamed of yourself.

[Gerard.P]

One of the really interesting things is to go to Catholic Answers radio section of their site.

If you go into their archives, you can go to an interview with Fr. James Lebar(sp?) an Exorcist for the New York archdiocese at the time.

A caller asked him if he knew or read "Hostage to the Devil" and whether it had any kind of truth in it.

Lebar responded, "Yes to both. I know Fr. Martin and he needs our prayers as he is ill currently and is elderly. But the book Hostage to the Devil is very accurate and pretty much tells it like it is."

Then Lebar goes on to relate stories of Exorcism that go way beyond any of the physica manifestations that Fr. Martin described. One Lebar referenced was when a bishop was in a hospital to give last rites to a dying priest. As he went past a room, a person was climbing on the ceiling and cursing the bishop.

The bishop ignored the possessed and went on to give the priest last rites. When he came back up to the floor of the possessed. He started the rite of exorcism. Within minutes the demone howled that he's failed and that the priest had died at that moment and been taken to Heaven.

[Canticle_of_Deborah]

With all the insults flying around these days, it's hard to tell what is a joke, an insult, or an insult veiled as a joke.

If you were truly joking, I apologize.

[Canticle_of_Deborah]

I can't recall where I read this story. A priest went to a locked down psychiatric hospital to bring Holy Communion to a patient. The Eucharist was concealed in his clothing as he walked down the hallway, but as he passed several of the rooms the patients inside became out of control with agitation, screaming at the priest as he walked by. It was a strong case for demonic possession in psychiatric cases.

[investigateworld]

I have personally seen similar at Loma Linda University hospital. In the ER I was waiting to interview a crook who terminated a partnership with another crook via a 9 MM pistol. Except his buddy was faster, hence he would be called "circulating the drain". A certain little old fellow would walk by, and the crook would howl like a banshee. I later spoke with this gentlemen and told him the story. He winked and said "nice to know I haven't lost my touch". He was a priest who'd been called for last rites on another Pt. I'll never forget it !!!

[saradippity]

Pyro,I have often wondered if any Bishops had called on exorcists for help with any of their priests who were abusing minors. I know the official Vatican exorcist Fr. Gregory Amworth has said that the demons of sexual perversions are the most difficult to exorcise.

It might explain why some of the priests appear to have only abused once. Perhaps they were successfully exorcised. This would also lend understanding to why some of the Bishops may not have taken any action. If a successful exorcism had occurred they may have seen no need.

I have asked at least ten times in this forum if anyone had any information about the subject but few responded and those that did had no concrete info.