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Devil may care
Exorcism can be a painful and frightening experience, as Karen George discovered
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t was like a scene straight out of a
Hollywood movie – only far more
disturbing than The Exorcist. The young
girl of 13, maybe 14 was seated, her head
hung low, and she was grunting almost
like an animal, when Fr Gerard Brown
walked into the room.
The cleric had said a short prayer for
the absolution of sins before entering the
girl’s room, not knowing what to expect.
He was accompanied for spiritual support
by a trusted parishioner Justin who
Father Brown had warned not look into
the eyes of the afflicted girl they’d come to
help. The girl’s family had contacted the
priest, after the girl had started behaving
strangely.
Justin recalled his feelings: “The
windows and doors were shuddering
just a little from the gusts outside - not
like what you see in horror movies, but
enough to make you get goose bumps.
I didn’t know what I was getting into. I
went in anyway, with my faith.”
Fr Brown then started to pray over
the girl as Justin said his own prayers,
both with their eyes closed. But for some
unaccountable reason, Justin decided
to glance at the girl in the middle of his
prayer, said Fr Brown.
Justin’s fear had been immense when
he suddenly saw her not on the chair,
but pinned to the corner of the ceiling.
She had defied gravity and her body was
concaved to fit the corner of that ceiling.
He was rooted in fear and tapped Fr
Brown’s arm. He still had his eyes closed
in prayer as he muttered to the priest:
“Father, she’s not on the chair.”
Though in shock, Fr. Brown yelled at
the girl for her to get down from up there
and she fell with a sickening thud.
The girl had apparently been a victim
of “demonic possession” something with