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MineralMan

(151,599 posts)
Sun Jan 19, 2014, 12:12 PM Jan 2014

Exorcism rituals on the rise as way to battle evil of Mexican cartels [View all]

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/exorcisms-battle-evil-mexican-drug-cartels-article-1.1581063

BY DEBORAH HASTINGS / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 2014, 3:24 AM

It was the most awful confession Father Ernesto Caro ever heard in 22 long years of serving the church.
The sinner was a killer for the Los Zetas cartel, Mexico's most heinous crime syndicate. His specialty was chopping people into pieces, while they were still alive.

"He said he smiled while he was doing it. He said he enjoyed it and that he was laughing," Caro, a priest and exorcist in Monterrey, told the Daily News. "He told me terrible things."

It took four months of weekly visits to rid the murderer of demons possessing him, Caro said.


Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/exorcisms-battle-evil-mexican-drug-cartels-article-1.1581063#ixzz2qrT6M1gT

My comment: Exorcisms are acceptable if they are done by a priest? Really? Are we still living in the 16th Century?
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