I'm totally not referring to myself, or anyone else for that matter. This post is a call to all lawyers to answer a question that, should I have e-mailed it to a random lawyer, would be giggled about for an eternity.
I was wondering if a "demon-possessed" person who has an exorcism can charge the priest who performed it with assault (if they agreed to the exorcism in advance). I read one case where a priest WAS charged, but only because the woman was raped during the exorcism, and that's not really what I'm referring to. I mean the normal course of an exorcism, not some wacko priest out there performing exorcisms at the drop of a hat without approval. (I know, they're all wackos, but still
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From reading all the literature, it seems to me that the person has to be physically restrained and often suffers injury during an exorcism. I know there are many cases of people dying during exorcisms, but I am referring strictly to ones performed by the Catholic Church, by an ordained priest, that was approved by a Bishop (and not ones that resulted in death).
Do you have to sign a legal document before you have an exorcism in which you agree not to press charges?
I know this seems a totally random question, but I'm in the middle of some serious exorcism research and the Catholic Church is not being particularly helpful.
Thanks, everybody
I was wondering if a "demon-possessed" person who has an exorcism can charge the priest who performed it with assault (if they agreed to the exorcism in advance). I read one case where a priest WAS charged, but only because the woman was raped during the exorcism, and that's not really what I'm referring to. I mean the normal course of an exorcism, not some wacko priest out there performing exorcisms at the drop of a hat without approval. (I know, they're all wackos, but still
)From reading all the literature, it seems to me that the person has to be physically restrained and often suffers injury during an exorcism. I know there are many cases of people dying during exorcisms, but I am referring strictly to ones performed by the Catholic Church, by an ordained priest, that was approved by a Bishop (and not ones that resulted in death).
Do you have to sign a legal document before you have an exorcism in which you agree not to press charges?
I know this seems a totally random question, but I'm in the middle of some serious exorcism research and the Catholic Church is not being particularly helpful.
Thanks, everybody
