TigerBoy
December 2nd, 2012, 09:56 AM
For many concerned Catholic parents the obvious thing to do with a rebellious teenager is apparently to accuse them of demonic possession and get the Church to deal.
There has been so much demand for help with "demonic possession" recently that the Church has had to set up a helpline in Milan to deal with demand.
The Church's chief exorcist in Milan, Monsignor Angelo Mascheroni, reminds parents:
“Usually the parents call [because they are] concerned about a child who won’t go to school or who’s taking drugs or rebelling. In reality it’s not a demon, but when they’re 18 years old young people don’t want to be told what to do.”
Some of his colleagues are a little more enthusiastic about demons (or are fans of John Constantine). The Vatican's chief exorcist claims to have dealt with 70,000 cases of demonic possession. But then he is also quoted as saying:
“[yoga is] satanic; it leads to evil just like reading Harry Potter”.
Full article in the Independent (http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/hi-deliver-me-from-evil-catholic-church-sets-up-an-exorcist-hotline-to-deal-with-demand-8368988.html).
http://desmoines.metromix.com/content_image/full/2958528/750
There has been so much demand for help with "demonic possession" recently that the Church has had to set up a helpline in Milan to deal with demand.
The Church's chief exorcist in Milan, Monsignor Angelo Mascheroni, reminds parents:
“Usually the parents call [because they are] concerned about a child who won’t go to school or who’s taking drugs or rebelling. In reality it’s not a demon, but when they’re 18 years old young people don’t want to be told what to do.”
Some of his colleagues are a little more enthusiastic about demons (or are fans of John Constantine). The Vatican's chief exorcist claims to have dealt with 70,000 cases of demonic possession. But then he is also quoted as saying:
“[yoga is] satanic; it leads to evil just like reading Harry Potter”.
Full article in the Independent (http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/hi-deliver-me-from-evil-catholic-church-sets-up-an-exorcist-hotline-to-deal-with-demand-8368988.html).
http://desmoines.metromix.com/content_image/full/2958528/750