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The Journal of Hispanic Ufology
October 31, 2004
DATE: 10.29.04
BRAZIL: CONGRESSMAN POSSESSED BY ENTITY DURING HEARINGS
**Brazilian member of the Chamber of Deputies possessed in mid debate**
A special session of the Chamber turned into a Spritist event when a legislator was "taken over" by an entity from beyond who appropriated his body and voice.
Deputy Luis Carlos Bassuma of the Partido de los Trabajadores (Workers' Party -- the same party as that of Brazil's president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva) was presiding a special session of the Chamber of Deputies in honor of the 200th anniversary of the birth of French spiritist Allan Kardec, considered to be the "father of Spiritism"
In mid-speech, Bassuma suddenly changed the tone of his voice, lowered his head and changed posture. For three minutes and 25 seconds, the congressman delivered a plea "inspired by a spirit that had just taken him over" according to information.
"One never expects these things...it's something natural, unscheduled," said Bassuma later on, according to the "Folha de Sao Paulo" newspaper.
The congressman, a Spiritist for over 20 years who claims to channel entities for the past five, professed to have no knowledge of the entity that took him over on this occasion.
"He doesn't come to me and say: I'm so-and-so," he explained. According to eyewitnesses, the congressman's voice turned cavernous and weak like that of a very old man. Some who heard him said that it was the spirit of Chico Xavier, the most respected of Brazilian spiritists, who died in 2002.
Spiritism claims 2.3 million followers in Brazil, which represents 1.4 per cent of the population, according to official sources. Xavier was a loyal follower of Allan Kardec, author of "The Book of Spirits" (1857). This book sets forth a doctrine of faith in which spirits return to earth for a series of reincarnations and while they remain in the Beyond, are able to communicate with the living through a medium, such as Bassuma.
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Translation (c) 2004. Scott Corrales, Institute of Hispanic Ufology (IHU). Special thanks to Christian Quintero and Luissepi Quiñones.
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A Korean exorcist who did not defend himself on a manslaughter charge more than three years ago in Auckland is now trying to have his conviction overturned.
Yong Bum Lee was removed from New Zealand in January after serving part of the six-year jail term imposed in 2001 after Korean woman Joanna Lee, 37, died during an exorcism in December 2000.
Last November Lee swore an affidavit asking the Court of Appeal to consider his case. He did not believe he was responsible for the death of Ms Lee.
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The Journal of Hispanic Ufology
May 29, 2005
SOURCE: La Jornada (newspaper)
DATE: 05.23.05
MEXICO: EXORCISM WAVE HITS QUERETARO; "SATANIC POSSESSIONS" ON THE RISE, SAYS DIOCESE
QUERETARO -- May 22. For 14 months now, the Diocesan Delegation of Exorcisms has practiced "the expulsion of demons" from persons who exhibit "bizarre symptoms" such as hearing voices, uttering apparently meaningless words or claiming that they are able to move objects without touching them...persons who are not considered to suffer psychiatric disorders after being appraised by psychologists from the Community Mental Health Center (CECOSAM, in Spanish).
The vicar general of the Querétaro diocese, Salvador Espinosa Medina, head of the Diocesan Delegation of Exorcisms, and father Isaac Osornio Martinez, a member of the same ecclesiastic body, stated that the proliferation of "satanic cults" in Querétaro has caused that diocese to occupy the first place in "the termination of possessions".
They remarked that the majority of demonic possession victims have lost faith "not only in Church institutions, but in themselves."
[The word exorcism] is derived from the Greek "exousia", which means oath, and it refers to the adjuring of a spirit or demon, or the invocation of a higher authority to command the entity to behave in a manner contrary to its wishes, explained Espinosa Medina.
The clergyman noted that an exorcism can only be performed by someone with special religious authority, such as a priest. He reminds us that the expulsion of spirits was practiced as far back as in ancient Babylon, and that in the New Testament Jesus removed "evil spirits" from persons "through prayer and his authority".
Espinosa Medina pointed out that the Bishop of Querétaro, Mario de Gasperín, created the Diocesan Delegation of Exorcisms in February 2004 in the light of numerous cases involving people "having very strange ideas, and ways of acting and thinking that we were unaccustomed to see."
He explained that among those who have requested his aid are those who used the Ouija board, an artifact sold as a toy and which is allegedly used to contact evil spirits.
Father Isaac Osornio, who on the average looks into eight weekly cases of strange behavior, out of which five merit an exorcism, noted that those who request release are persons who frequently engage in occult and esoteric practices, such as cartomancy or other forms of divination. He stressed that prior to performing an exorcism, the requestors are sent to CECOSAM for a psychiatric work-up. Should a psychological answer not be found to the problem that affects them, some 30 religious and laypeople attend to the needs of the "possessed".
Isaac Osornio recalls that he performed his first exorcism a little over 8 years ago. "The person was summoned, and as soon as they stood in front of Father Juan Manuel (an assisting priest), the person cursed him and dropped to the ground. At the time father Wenceslao Perrusquia and myself were vicars of the parish. On that day, the victim was not released. It occurred the following week and yes, it was my first experience and it was frightening," he said.
Translation (c) 2005. Scott Corrales, Institute of Hispanic Ufology (IHU). Special thanks to Revista Investigación.
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Inexplicata
The Journal of Hispanic Ufology
January 278, 2006
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SOURCE: Planeta UFO and Territoriodigital.com
DATE: January 12, 2006
Catholic Church is evaluating cases and an exorcist may become involved
COMMOTION IN VILLA LANUS OVER ALLEGED DEMONIC POSSESSION CASES
Owner of statue of "Bleeding Virgin" and a young woman experience strange signs of aggression and violence
POSADAS - The time is noon at district A.3-2 of Villa Lanus and no one was sleeping the siesta or listening to dance music. All of the residents of city block #3 were focused and alarmed over what was taking place at House 22. In front of the house, a group of women sang and prayed the Our Father and the Rosary almost shouting. The young men who usually wonder what to do during their vacation time were reading the Bible. The womens' prayers ceased for a moment and their silence appeared to be a signal: almost at the same time, cries of pain and horror emerged from within House 22, almost beyond the limit of what a normal person could scream, given its intensity and duration.
The scene turned blood-curdling when the prayers and evocations of the women were added to the terrifying screams, pleading to God and Jesus to make evil depart from the body of La Polaca, a 15 year-old girl who has kept the entire neighborhood of relocated invidviduals on the edge since before Christmas.
Some 40 minutes earlier, Father Bronislaw Lagocki had entered the home to read prayers of deliverance from evil and, like everyone else in the neighborhood, was amazed. He hoped for a happy outcome.
"We are evaluating the case. It is likely that it involves what one would term possession, but all of this must be researched and weighed by the Bishop (Ruben Martinez) and he will be responsible for authorizing a priest or someone with special authority to carry out the exorcism," Father Lagocki told El Territorio, much as he had explained only minutes earlier to the girl's terrified parents. For the time being, she must remain within her home and wait for the arrival of the Catholic Church's representatives.
No one wants to say how or what triggered the mystery. All agree that two days before Christmas, La Polaca was at home and decisively stepped out to the street and headed strangely toward the house where one year ago, an image of the Virgin of Caacupé began bleeding from her eyes, a phenomenon that attracted people from all over the province and even granted the petitions requisted. A distance of 50 meters separates La Polaca's home from that of her neighbor: she arrived and confronted Rafael Mendez, the man whose daughter had given him the image of the Virgin, and in a heavy voice asked if he needed help.
"It wasn't her. It was the evil within her. She asked me several times if I wanted His help and I always said no," says Rafael, who still has the trances of another strange phenomenon that has ensared him.
According to the accounts given by his children and witnesses to the incredible event, Rafael, after refusing La Polaca's strange offer, fell to the floor and began experiencing convulsions. Without any logical explanation, his body began to experience wounds on the abdomen, arms and his right nipple. The marks appear to be bullwhip-marks or tremendous scratches.
"It was stronger than me. It got into my mind -- I recall nothing. All I know is what I've been told," said Rafael, who has suffered blackouts since that restless December aftertnoon. "Last night it came in again. It was inside my home and was so strong that it toppled me again and the marks burned me greatly."
Rafael went to Fatima yesterday morning to chase away "the evil spirits, who avenged themselves on me for refusing to submit to their will," he said while resting, or at least trying to. His home has once again become a place of pilgrimage for many people.
"It's astonishing. All of this is incredible. I think that the truth of the matter must be investigated. I have no idea how it all began, but they say that the kids were apparently trying to summon spirits -- something very Umbanda-like -- until the pact was made and Evil seized the girl," said district leader Cesar Melgarejo in an interview with El Territorio yesterday. "I was very frightened, because the man bled profusely and shook on the floor," he added with hesitation.
On January 28 last year, when the phenomenon of the Virgin of Caacupé gripped the home of the Mendez family, many neighbors told El Territorio that this was a bad omen and said that since the Virgin cannot speak, she weeps, and if she weeps blood, it is because she is greatly troubled. Basilia Silvero had said as much on an equally warm afternoon before breaking into tears. "In all my 64 years this is the first time I've ever seen this. It's very bad."
(Translation (c) 2006. Scott Corrales, Institute of Hispanic Ufology (IHU). Special thanks to Christian Quintero)
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The Journal of Hispanic Ufology
August 23, 2006
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SOURCE: LA NACION (newspaper)
DATE: Sunday, August 20, 2006
Church Ritual: La Nacion Witnesses Exorcism in the San Isidro Diocese
The Mysteries and Secrets of Exorcism Cases are on the rise, say priests who carry out the Vatican-approved practice.
By Silvina Premat staff
"What's going to happen is that it will try to distract us from prayer. I want to ask you, no matter what happens, that at least two people continue praying the Rosary. The others must insure that Carmen doesn't injure any par tof her body, but especially her head," instructed Father Juan.
Kneeling before an image of the Virgin and a monstrance with the Eucharsit in the parish hall of San Andres Avelino, Villa Adelina (Diocese of San Isidro), Carmen, 33, joined her hands in prayer. She was surrounded by her husband, six collaborators from the parish and Father Juan. At a table near the wall were the priest's weaposn for the coming combat: holy water, oil, a crucifix and photocopies of prayers.
The time was 17:10 hrs. last Tuesday and thus commenced the fifth ritual of exorcism that this woman would undergo and whose real identity is kept secret in an effort to free her from what the Church acknowledges as demonic intervention. Five of the exorcists consulted by LA NACION stated that in recent years the number of people seeking them out has increased, as people claim to hear voices, see shadows were there are none, hear doors open and shut, or other phenomena for which no explanation can be found.
"The Church is concerned about the subject and for that reason it updated in 1999 the ritual that had been in use since 1614. Last year, the Pontifical University of Rome held courses for exorcist priests," said Father Alberto Ibanez Padilla.
Carmen's exorcism, witnessed by LA NACION, is the sixth case diagnosed this year by Father Ramon Morcillo, parish priest of San Andres Avelino and an expert in new religious movements. Since he began performing exorcisms in San Isidro 5 yeas ago, Morcillo recognized the presence of a strange power in only five cases.
"We Can't Keep Up"
The priests who deal with this are too few and we can't keep up. There should be one per ecclesiastical jurisdiction," said the priest.
In the hall, five minutes after commencing the prayers, Carmen experienced a kind of swoon and immediately began breathing with difficulty, panting, roaring, screaming and writhing every time the prieste mentioned Jesus, the Virgin Mary, or made reference to the lies and works of demons.
Now, lying down and held by her husband and four of the women present, Carmen did not look at anyone and moved her head in circles. She wailed when Father Juan brought the crucifix near her body.
"Do you renounce Satan?" asked the priest during a part of the ritual.
"No!" was the hair-raising cry that came from Carmen, who began speaking with clenched teeth in a deep, rasping voice, similar to that of Gollum, the hideous character from "The Lord of the Rings"
Lolling her tongue, she moved, laughed and cackled enough to chill anyone listening as she struggled to stand up. The priest continued praying and now spoke to Carmen, who replied as though she were someone else. Without losing his calm or his kindly tone, Father Juan was also addressing "someone" other than Carmen, commanding them "in the name of Jesus" to depart from that woman.
"No, I'm not going. I want her more than Jesus. I chose her. She's mine. Mine. I do what I want. I'm not leaving. Leave me alone. I will say nothing. Go with your God," said the voice, which at this point could hardly be attributed to the identity of the woman who had arrived on her own an hour earlier, seeking relief.
Before finding Father Morcillo, she and her husband had consulted 35 priests, including four bishops, regarding the strange symptoms that had plagued her for several years: at times she would see her reflection deformed in mirrors, she could move objects by just looking at them, or would suffer uncontrollable outbursts of laughter that cause intense pain in her jaws.
Carmen's husband, 37, attributes the origin of these ailments to the practices of Umbanda and spiritism in their respective families when they were children.
Father Carlos Mancuso, parish priest of San Jose, La Plata, and an exorcist for over 2 decades, estimated that the majority of those who approach him for consultation are people who "were spiritually affected after having participated in satanic cults or Afro-Brazilian religious groups, or else in sessions involving trance mediums, faith healers or witches."
Marist brother Emilio Garione and another priest from Lanus who asked his name to be kept confidential agreed with him. All of them mentioned the rise of the occult as the main cause of the increase of "people with spiritual problems."
Among the common characteristics of those affected by these "diabolical interventions" they mentioned that most are women under 50, from a variety of socio-economic and educational backgrounds. According Padilla, women are the most affected "without a doubt, but there are also farsighted and prayerful women."
As with the case involving Carmen and Father Juan, who completed the encounter following two hours of "combat", Morcillo explained that five or six sessions would be necessary to "fully release her" and that "each exorcism is like a round [of boxing] in which the demon present in the person is weakened."
Morcillo showed LA NACION a fax from another young woman who also underwent several exorcisms that ended last June. "I feel the immense joy that a prisoner must feel upon being released," the young woman wrote the priest.
The First Step: Dismiss the Possibility of Psychosis
To determine whether the person claiming to be obsessed by demons is not suffering from mental illness, exorcists perform interviews, request medical and psychological or psychiatric workups. Priests must dismiss the possibility of hysteria, psychosis, schizophrenia or another pathology.
Cases of possession are considered by Father Mancuso "a strange bird in society". He does not keep a written log of pending exorcism cases, but stresses that he has six on his waiting list. All of the affected parties are women.
The ritual prescribed by the Vatican does not mandate medical and psychiatric workups before deciding to practice an exorcism, but it does recommend them.
The Church suggests that symptoms of demonic possession that allow a priest to perform an exorcism are: a vehement aversion toward God, the Virgin, saints, the cross and other holy symbols by the affected party; speaking in unknown languages; the ability to locate concealed or distant objects and displaying strength in excess of his/her physical build.
Among the remedies, the Vatican ritual describes the sacramentals (oil, holy water, the cross) along with confession, communion, prayer and fasting, the names of Jesus and Mary, and exorcism.
The Keys of a Growing Phenomenon
What is an exorcism?
It is a particular form of prayer that the Church uses against the power of the Devil. There are two kinds: public exorcism, when the presence a demon is verified in a person's body, and priave, for cases involving other evil influences, such as oppression or obsession.
Who can perform it?
Public exorcism can only be performed by priests authorized to do so by their bishops. It is goverened by canon law. The private kind can be conducted by laymen. The Pope suggested that "bishops should insure that unauthorized people do not hold meetings in which prayers are said to expel the devil."
What is the ritual like?
Private exorcism has no ritual. In the public kind, the priest anoints the victim with oil, sprinkles him/her with holy water and recites prayers.
Who witnesses it?
Aside from the priest there may be between four or five people. Some allow the presence of physicians or psychiatrists and someone who can photograph or videotape the ritual.
Is it performed only once?
It is repeated as many times as necessary, depending on the person's affliction.
Is the person affected afterward?
No. Generally he/she does not remember what happened during the attacks. Some psychiatrists say that the affected person suffers from post-traumatic shock, which can be treated with regular therapy.
What is the difference between exorcism and praying for release?
Exorcism is an order by which a demon is ordered to withdraw from the afflicted soul. Release is a prayer in which God is asked to release the person from certain problems.
(translation (c) 2006. S. Corrales, IHU. Special thanks to Christian Quintero)
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Inexplicata
The Journal of Hispanic Ufology
08.24.06
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Date: Tuesday, August 22 2006
Argentina: San Isidro Exorcism Prompts Father Pierre Memory
Over 15 years ago, Santiago del Estero was convulsed by the news that several sessions of a special rite performed by the Catholic Church were being performed. At that time, an effort was made to expel the devil from the body of a young woman from the city of Clodomira. Beyond the stories of the gut-wrenching screams issued from the girl, or that her body convulsed uncontrollably, there was the figure of the priest who performed the rite behind the closed doors of a parish church in La Banda, facing the altar and with several persons assisting him in prayers and in controlling the young woman when the struggle for mastery reached its peak. It can be said that Father Fils Pierre was perhaps the last exorcist in Santiago del Estero, having released several young people from the power of Satan during the 1990s.
Last Tuesday, in San Isidro, Buenos Aires, another priest Father Juan preformed the fifth and final exorcism session on a 33 year-old woman who, along with her husband and six assistants from the parish of San Andres Avelino, underwent one of the Church's oldest rites.
As La Nación mentioned in its report yesterday, the "weapons employed by the priest in the coming combat: holy water, oil a crucifix and photocopies of prayers" were the same ones employed by Father Pierre in the Cristo Rey Parish of La Banda.
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When Father Pierre Exorcised a Young Mother
"This woman is mine, and I'm taking her," cautioned a powerful and intimidating male voice that appeared out of nowhere in the house of a young mother from Clodomira 22 years ago.
The announcement alarmed the relatives, along with the woman's aggressive behavior. Without hesitation, they resorted to Father Pedro Fils Pierre, parish priest of Cristo Rey, in the city of La Banda.
In this state of affairs, the priest found himself dealing with his very first exorcism, a matter in which he lacked previous experience, aside from his renowned talent as a practitioner of the Charismatic Renewal, which was incipient at the time.
There was no doubt that a case of demonic possession was involved, and the priest, with the aid of a group of lay practitioners, performed the exorcism successfully. Nowadays, the woman, identified only as L.L. leads a normal life.
One of the participants in the rite of exorcism was Hector Sayago, a bachelor of communications, along with other young volunteers.
When consulted, Sayago's memory went back to the start of the event on January 2, 1984, when Liliana, a 21 year-old teacher, married with a 2 year old child, living in Clodomira, began to present radical changes in behavior.
Grief-stricken, her relatives went to the town doctor, who also witnessed the changes when he heard a heavy, macabre voice issue from the young woman's mouth and intimidate everyone present. The same voice ordered her to set fire to all her clothing while the words "Ya sos mia" (You're already mine) appeared on her abdomen, along with crosses.
Confused, both the physician and L.L.'s parents decided to appeal to Father Pierre.
This, remembers Sayazo: "Was a circumstance that involved him, because he had hitherto had nothing to do with exorcisms. Some people from Clodomira came to find him early one morning , saying that something strange was going on with a lady. They were recommended by Dr. Juri."
The charismatic priest had his first contact with the young woman and from that moment on, Father Pierre summoned a group of people to support him with prayers.
With the intention of healing the woman's spirit, the volunteers prayed within the Cristo Rey church while Father Pierre prayed the release from exorcism prayers in the presence of the victim. However, the most dramatic situation took place on a Sunday, during the nocturnal mass, when Liliana was brought in."
According to Sayazo: "She made it just fine to the Church's entrance, but when she went inside, there was no controlling her. She transformed. What shocked us the most was that she entered dragging herself through the pews until she reached the altar, to the feet of Father Pierre. It was a very shocking thing. Those of us at the mass weren't expecting it, and the church was full of people."
After many private masses, Liliana's behavior started to change, although the treatment lasted some three months with daily morning prayers.
During the healing process, inscriptions would often appear on her abdomensometimes in response to the sacramental rites of holy water or the oils for the sick.
Sayago adds: "It was a very powerful case. It must've been a possession. An emblematic case the first and strongest that Father Pierre had to face. There were lesser cases of obsession and disturbance; there was a girl from Santiago that took us some six months, but [the process] couldn't be completed."
Sayago maintains that to bring possession to an end, all depends on the individual. "It depends on the type of life led by that person. It isn't a vaccine that can be applied to drive the demon away. No, it always turns around and comes back in."
(translation (c) 2006. S. Corrales, IHU. Special thanks to Christian Quintero)
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