tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post2355844701552309738..comments2024-03-17T11:21:13.249-07:00Comments on Religion and Child Abuse News: Catholic Church downplays talk of the devil in public but maintains international network of exorcistsPerry Bulwerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comBlogger80125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-15155482239327452272016-05-08T16:00:08.377-07:002016-05-08T16:00:08.377-07:00Barcelona
The group will be going out onto the s...Barcelona <br /><br />The group will be going out onto the streets of Barcelona this weekend to practice "kickstarting"; performing 'miracles' and healing the sick on the streets, according to its seminar programme.<br /><br />"The teachings will be very practical and will include going out on the streets healing the sick and preaching the gospel under the supervision of Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-67362712063522074062016-05-08T15:59:56.905-07:002016-05-08T15:59:56.905-07:00Danish cult claiming demons cause autism arrives i...Danish cult claiming demons cause autism arrives in Spain<br /><br />The Local.es May 6, 2016<br /><br />A controversial religious group that claims it can cure autism "by driving out demons" is set to take to the streets of Barcelona this weekend.<br /><br />A religious group is staging several "spirituality seminars" this weekend in Barcelona, claiming that its members - Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-25950515795926514602016-05-08T14:56:45.499-07:002016-05-08T14:56:45.499-07:00The local Catholic archdiocese may be circumspect ...The local Catholic archdiocese may be circumspect when asked about exorcisms but the local alternative practitioner behind ottawaexorcist.com says he has performed 20 in the past two years, including on an eight-year-old child.<br /><br />Jason Francis, who describes himself as a Wiccan and Celtic Shamanic high priest, said the parents couldn’t explain the changes in the boy’s behaviour, Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-70995784035707476662016-05-08T14:56:36.143-07:002016-05-08T14:56:36.143-07:00Despite trial testimony exorcisms a rare step for ...Despite trial testimony exorcisms a rare step for church<br /><br />BY MEGAN GILLIS, OTTAWA SUN APRIL 28, 2016<br /> <br />Exorcisms are not only rare, they are performed only “after all other causes” — medical or psychiatric — have been ruled out by professionals, according to a spokesman for the city’s Catholic archdiocese.<br /><br />An Ottawa courtroom heard chilling testimony this week fromPerry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-65629642019812594832016-05-08T14:54:13.025-07:002016-05-08T14:54:13.025-07:00See above comment for more on this story at: Perry...See above comment for more on this story at: Perry Bulwer: 1 January 2016 at 15:14<br />Former RCMP officer in abuse case wanted exorcism on son<br /><br />********************************************************<br />Mountie had priest perform exorcism on 'possessed' son<br /><br />by GARY DIMMOCK, Ottawa Sun APRIL 27, 2016<br /><br />The Mountie on trial for child torture enlisted hisPerry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-40969720952606003182016-04-23T13:56:56.796-07:002016-04-23T13:56:56.796-07:00Rome Offers Jubilee-Year Course in Exorcism and De...Rome Offers Jubilee-Year Course in Exorcism and Demonic Possession<br /><br />by THOMAS D. WILLIAMS, PH.D. Breitbart News April 6, 2016<br /> <br />The Catholic Church in Rome is offering a week-long course on casting out Satan, preparing priests and some lay people on the finer points of exorcism and demonic possession.<br /> <br />This extremely successful course, titled “Exorcism and Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-85186361960440717292016-01-01T15:34:01.911-08:002016-01-01T15:34:01.911-08:00People have historically used evil spirits to expl...People have historically used evil spirits to explain any number of misfortunes, whether its a physical illness or routine bad luck. But today, demons are frequently used to interpret contemporary political issues, such as abortion and gay rights. Since the 1970s, Protestant deliverance ministries have offered to “cure” gay teenagers by casting out demons. This practice now has corollaries in Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-41299410015615309412016-01-01T15:33:52.368-08:002016-01-01T15:33:52.368-08:00The Protestant Reformation was a key contributor t...The Protestant Reformation was a key contributor to these events. The resulting wars of religion devastated Europe’s population, creating a sense of apocalyptic anxiety. At the same time, exorcism became a way for the Catholic Church, and even some Protestant denominations, to demonstrate that their clergy wielded supernatural power over demons – something that their rivals lacked. In some cases,Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-35403621375186482342016-01-01T15:32:12.111-08:002016-01-01T15:32:12.111-08:00Why Are Exorcisms as Popular as Ever?
BY JOSEPH P...Why Are Exorcisms as Popular as Ever?<br /><br />BY JOSEPH P LAYCOCK, New Republic December 28, 2015<br /><br />At Texas State University, I teach an honors course called “Demonology, Possession, and Exorcism.” It’s not a gut course. My students produce research papers on topics that range from the role of sleep paralysis in reports of demonic attacks to contemporary murder cases in which Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-75215273020271033152016-01-01T15:14:37.799-08:002016-01-01T15:14:37.799-08:00Former RCMP officer in abuse case wanted exorcism ...Former RCMP officer in abuse case wanted exorcism on son<br /><br />by Joanne Schnurr, CTV Ottawa December 16, 2015<br /><br />The trial involving a former Ottawa RCMP officer resumed this week. The officer is charged in a horrific child abuse case. An Ottawa courtroom heard that the man had wanted to perform an exorcism on his son.<br /><br />The man's brother -- a priest -- testified thatPerry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-31254604777031706502015-09-09T15:23:19.600-07:002015-09-09T15:23:19.600-07:00The finding that the Shroud is “a negative image,”...The finding that the Shroud is “a negative image,” confirmed for many its authenticity, as, people argued, “no medieval artist would have had the necessary knowledge to create such an image.”<br /><br />Since then, “the cloth’s enigmatic imprint [has drawn] the attention of specialists in imaging, chemistry, physics and other fields, including radiocarbon dating.” <br />Carbon-14 tests conducted Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-70534514838877323832015-09-09T15:23:11.675-07:002015-09-09T15:23:11.675-07:00Relics of the body were once commonplace. In the 1...Relics of the body were once commonplace. In the 1500s, a year after the death of Saint Teresa of Avila, her left hand was cut off and sent to a convent except for the ring finger, which the priest who did the cutting kept and “wore around his neck for the rest of his life.”<br /><br />Her body was eventually cut up and distributed “piece by piece, including her heart, right arm, a foot, her leftPerry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-76291040358822182612015-09-09T15:21:01.790-07:002015-09-09T15:21:01.790-07:00How the Vatican investigates miracles
By Larry Ge...How the Vatican investigates miracles<br /><br />By Larry Getlen, New Yok Post September 6, 2015<br /><br />The priest behind the wheel floored it, and the car raced through Rome toward the Vatican. With him were a bishop, and a woman known as Francesca F., who spent the drive “thrashing and cursing loudly.”<br /><br />The woman was in the throes of a demonic possession, and only one man could Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-12782567070283030232015-08-02T14:27:31.444-07:002015-08-02T14:27:31.444-07:00National Satanic Temple Rep Jex Blackmore Says Sat...National Satanic Temple Rep Jex Blackmore Says Satan Is Not Real; Tells Christians 'Don't Waste Your Prayers on Us'<br /><br />BY LEONARDO BLAIR , CHRISTIAN POST July 30, 2015<br /> <br />Jex Blackmore, the national spokesperson for the Satanic Temple, which claims to have made up to 700 people sign over their souls to Satan at an event in Detroit, Michigan — billed the "Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-70444647297618085052015-08-02T14:15:03.780-07:002015-08-02T14:15:03.780-07:00Help Wanted: The Philippines Needs More Exorcists
...Help Wanted: The Philippines Needs More Exorcists<br /><br />SIMONE ORENDAIN, NPR JULY 30, 2015 <br /><br />Alvin Bailon and his wife were at their wits' end last September. Their 12-year-old son, an honors student, had begun having anxiety attacks, mostly about school. "And then all of a sudden he would slowly lose consciousness," Bailon recalls. "We term it as doze Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-85079492394466102132015-06-19T15:42:22.649-07:002015-06-19T15:42:22.649-07:00However, the cadre of exorcists working behind clo...However, the cadre of exorcists working behind closed doors were not only expelling the demons of narco-violence but also of abortion. Though it doesn't receive extensive international media coverage, the Church in Mexico has felt besieged since abortion was legalized in Mexico City in 2007. Legal and free abortion during the first twelve weeks of pregnancy ranks among the most liberal Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-77988432423833014902015-06-19T15:42:13.644-07:002015-06-19T15:42:13.644-07:00The Extraordinary Exorcism of Mexico
by R. Andrew...The Extraordinary Exorcism of Mexico<br /><br />by R. Andrew Chesnut, Chaired Professor of Religious Studies, Virginia Commonwealth University<br /><br />Huffington Post June 16, 2015<br /><br /> Christian exorcism has become so popular worldwide that now it's not only performed on tormented individuals but also on entire nations. A few weeks ago Mexico, the second largest Catholic countryPerry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-29519045306966201672015-04-15T11:02:21.164-07:002015-04-15T11:02:21.164-07:00He claimed that exorcists could discern the differ...He claimed that exorcists could discern the difference between people with medically-treatable psychiatric problems, and those who were possessed by the Devil.<br /><br />"Some people are mentally ill and do not need exorcism. But others do and there are some classic signs – people who speak in ancient tongues, for instance. <br />Other people have supernatural strength when they are in a Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-45662014626226282532015-04-15T11:02:12.057-07:002015-04-15T11:02:12.057-07:00Pope Francis effect leads to exorcism boom
“Pope...Pope Francis effect leads to exorcism boom<br /> <br />“Pope Francis effect” credited with rising demand for exorcisms around the world<br /> <br />By Nick Squires, Rome Telegraph.co.uk 13 Apr 2015<br /> <br />The “Pope Francis effect” has been credited with encouraging a resurgence in faith among rank-and-file Catholics but it has also had a more unexpected consequence – a boom in the demand Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-38305535732406718442015-04-15T10:51:54.361-07:002015-04-15T10:51:54.361-07:00In 2012 it emerged that the diocese of Milan the b...In 2012 it emerged that the diocese of Milan the biggest in the world, had installed an exorcism hotline to cope with demand. Monsignor Angelo Mascheroni, Milan’s chief exorcist, said that his diocese had doubled the number of exorcists from six to 12 to cope with the 100 per cent rise in the number of requests for help over the last 15 years.<br /><br />“That has to tell us something,” said Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-898801812405489892015-04-15T10:51:45.482-07:002015-04-15T10:51:45.482-07:00Exorcists warn Vatican over beautiful young vampir...Exorcists warn Vatican over beautiful young vampires and satanic yoga<br /> <br />by MICHAEL DAY, THE INDEPENDENT 13 APRIL 2015<br /> <br />ROME: The proliferation of “beautiful young vampires” in TV series and Hollywood films including True Blood and the Twilight movies is encouraging young people to dabble with occult forces, a leading authority on demonic possession has warned a Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-14578530934986506822015-04-05T15:15:04.137-07:002015-04-05T15:15:04.137-07:00Rome university runs exorcism course
The Local.it...Rome university runs exorcism course<br /><br />The Local.it April 1, 2015<br /><br />A Rome university will this month run an exorcism course, teaching religious and secular students how to rid people of their demons.<br /><br />The “Exorcism and prayer of liberation” course will run at the European University of Rome from April 13th to 18th, Rai News reported.<br /><br />The programme will bePerry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-87596099392017805842015-04-05T14:44:47.163-07:002015-04-05T14:44:47.163-07:00Priest carries out mass exorcism at religious camp...Priest carries out mass exorcism at religious camp for children — leaving them screaming and in tears<br /><br />by Michael Morrow, News Corp Australia Network MARCH 31, 2015<br /><br />SCHOOL children at a religious camp to celebrate Lent were left screaming and in tears when instead of singing songs and praying, the priest carried out a mass exorcism.<br /><br />The 1000 children from Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-53052390224808337802015-03-22T15:30:17.830-07:002015-03-22T15:30:17.830-07:00Spanish Priest Arrested for Performing Exorcism on...Spanish Priest Arrested for Performing Exorcism on Anorexic Girl<br /> <br />BY FELICITY CAPON, Newsweek March 19, 2015 <br /> <br />A Spanish priest and an exorcist have been charged with gender violence and causing injury and mistreatment after the exorcist performed repeated exorcisms on an anorexic teenage girl. <br /><br />A judge in Burgos has called for the arrest of exorcist Jesús Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-51233797998165654342015-02-09T11:54:26.005-08:002015-02-09T11:54:26.005-08:00We see a world in turmoil. We live in a world full...We see a world in turmoil. We live in a world full of deception, lies and corruption," reads a newsletter in the foyer of Catch the Fire Ministries, situated in an industrial area in Melbourne's outer south-east. Pastor Daniel Nalliah invites me up to his office to see a DVD. The big screen in the corner shows his deliverance of a woman he says came to him for help after fleeing a Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.com