RemieV
23rd November 2006, 09:08 PM
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 :) )
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 :D
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 :D