Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Vatican exorcist: Pedophiles tempted by Satan, not possessed

From www.cnn.com:

The Rev. Gabriele Amorth isn't speaking metaphorically when he says that. The 85-year-old priest means people can be tempted and literally possessed by Satan

And as the Vatican's chief exorcist, it's his job to expel the devil when someone is possessed. He's performed more than 70,000 exorcisms in his career, he estimates.

"I have carried out exorcisms on some priests who had been molested by the devil," he said, without going into details.

Read the full article here: http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/03/16/vatican.exorcist.devil/index.html?hpt=T2

Just curious, if you are Catholic did you know the Vatican had a chief exorcist?

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