Ireland's demon chaser questions TV exorcism

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Away from last week's Channel 4 spectacle, a veteran priest quietly carries on his chilling mission

Henry McDonald
Sunday February 27, 2005
The Observer

Even at 80, the Rev William H. Lendrum is always on call to cast out demons or cleanse homes of disturbed spirits.

Just a couple of hours before Channel 4 screened what was supposedly the first live exorcism last Thursday night, Lendrum was curing a 10-year-old boy who had dabbled in the black arts of the Ouija board.

The communion vessels, the oil, the brown leather-bound copy of the New Testament and a wooden cross used in the ceremony to rid the child of evil forces were still laid out on a table in his south Belfast home.

Lendrum was unimpressed by Channel 4's attempt to film the live exorcism, which lasted less than five minutes and was carried out on an ex-drug addict. The ceremony was performed by an Anglican minister who had previously been advising the drug addict. During the exorcism he commanded that Satan leave the disturbed man's body. Afterwards the man, who is in his 30s, said he experienced a 'rush of joy' coursing through his body as the exorcism ended.

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,6903,1426421,00.html

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1. My favorite exorcist.

Well, the only one I can think of, is Bob Larson. I love to watch him cast out demons on TBN. And you know that he is powerful, because unlike the movies, demons on TV know that they can be fined severely, so they don't curse.

--IMM

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2. They should tie up the drug addict and throw him in a lake

If he drowns he's saved, if he floats he's still a servant of Satan. Otherwise we'll never know.


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