{"id":290534,"date":"2021-07-03T22:24:45","date_gmt":"2021-07-03T19:24:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/dark-stories-of-catholic-priest-who-performs-20-exorcisms-a-week\/"},"modified":"2021-07-03T22:24:45","modified_gmt":"2021-07-03T19:24:45","slug":"dark-stories-of-catholic-priest-who-performs-20-exorcisms-a-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/dark-stories-of-catholic-priest-who-performs-20-exorcisms-a-week\/","title":{"rendered":"#Dark stories of Catholic priest who performs 20 exorcisms a week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Dark stories of Catholic priest who performs 20 exorcisms a week<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>This\u00a0was the Evil One, all right.<\/p>\n<p>As Monsignor Stephen Rossetti watched the man in front of him, he saw his blue eyes turn yellow and the pupils shrink down to mere dots. They looked, Rossetti said, precisely like the eyes of a hissing snake.<\/p>\n<p>But the monsignor knew what it really was: The man\u2019s altered <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>earance convinced him for a fact that the man was possessed by a demon.<\/p>\n<p>Another time, a man\u2019s entire eyes turned jet black, recalled Rossetti. \u201cThis doesn\u2019t usually happen but when it does, it is very startling \u2014 it is obviously demonic,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Battling demonic forces is regular duty for\u00a0Msgr\u00a0Rossetti, a Catholic priest who worked in two parishes in the Diocese of Syracuse for five years. Now based in the Washington, DC, diocese, he and his team perform up to 20 exorcisms each week, liberating people \u2014 and homes \u2014 from what he calls \u201cdemons and satanic evil.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And, the 70-year-old told The Post, exorcisms have \u201cgrown exponentially\u201d in the past decade or so. The United States, wracked by discord and a moral crisis, is \u201cdemonically oppressed.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-amazon\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Diary of an American Exorcist: Demons, Possession, and the Modern-Day Battle Against Ancient Evil\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"618\" height=\"550\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" style=\"max-width:100%\" src=\"https:\/\/read.amazon.com\/kp\/card?preview=inline&amp;linkCode=df0&amp;ref_=k4w_oembed_xo9rXIX7k8hPuO&amp;asin=1644134675&amp;tag=hyprod-20\"><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI think this is going to get much worse before it gets better,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>A licensed psychologist and research associate professor at the Catholic University of America, Rossetti tells of his 13 years of evil experiences in the new book \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Diary-American-Exorcist-Possession-Modern-Day\/dp\/1644134675\/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?tag=nypost-20\">Diary of an American Exorcist. Demons, Possession, and the Modern-Day Battle Against Ancient Evil<\/a>\u201d (Sophia Institute Press).<\/p>\n<p>In it, Rossetti alleges he\u2019s seen demons at work: doors banging, TVs turning on and off spontaneously, dogs howling uncontrollably, victims communicating in ancient languages they never learned \u2014 even spewing foreign objects like nuts and bolts. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are stunning things that happen that are not humanly possible,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The monsignor, who is also the president and founder of the St. Michael Center For Spiritual Renewal, a nonprofit Catholic organization that oversees the exorcism sessions around the DC area, said he has not yet witnessed any victims levitate or spin their head like in the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">movies<\/a> \u201cThe Exorcist\u201d or the new \u201cThe Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But, he firmly believes, he has regularly witnessed diabolical evil.Recalling one exorcism, Rossetti writes of demons manifesting themselves as he began to pray. \u201cThey were wagging [the possessed woman\u2019s] finger at me and shaking [her] head,\u201d he recalled. \u201cI had been commanding the demons to leave and the response was pretty clear: \u2018No!\u2019\u2009\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The monsignor moved closer and made direct eye contact with the woman. Holding a crucifix six inches from her face, he cried out: \u201c<em>Ecce crucem Domino: fugite partes adversae<\/em>\u201d \u2014 Latin for \u201cBehold the Cross of the Lord: take flight, you hostile powers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As he sprinkled the woman with holy water, her body began to spasm.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" alt=\"\u2009Monsignor Stephen Rossetti has written a new book about his 13 years of performing exorcisms around Washington, DC.\" class=\"wp-image-18716743 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/exorcist-4.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/exorcist-4.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/exorcist-4.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/exorcist-4.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/exorcist-4.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2000 2000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>\u2009Monsignor Stephen Rossetti has written a new book about his 13 years of performing exorcisms around Washington, DC.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Rod Lamkey \u2013 CNP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIn an exorcism, the demons are engulfed in a holy torture that we believe is worse than the fires of hell,\u201d writes Rossetti. \u201cThey were writhing in pain.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes, the demons cause him physical anguish. Rossetti recalls in his book a case in which he started the prayers of liberation for a mild demonic possession of a middle-aged man. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy stomach became instantly nauseated, and the ill feeling quickly spread to my head and the rest of my body,\u201d the monsignor recalled of the demon\u2019s attack on him. \u201cMy whole being felt spiritually pummeled throughout the session.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And\u00a0then there was the young \u2009woman who reached out to him\u2009after an upside-down cross appeared \u201cburned\u201d into her shoulder. At the same time, her dad was receiving \u201csnarky\u201d text messages from demons. \u201cThe texts were a typical demonic rant: \u2018She belongs to us,\u2019\u2009\u201d Rossetti said.<\/p>\n<p>Rossetti said the messages appeared to come from the phone number of the woman. Upon careful investigation, however, Rossetti insisted there was no evidence of her having sent the messages.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy the way, several exorcists have had the same experience, getting texts from demons, and why not?\u201d Rossetti said. \u201cIn the past they messed with electronics \u2014 TVs and lights turning off and on by themselves. Now they mess with cellphones.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The woman had more to worry about than texts from hell, though.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a child, the father dedicated her to Satan,\u201d Rossetti said. \u201cIf someone is perverted enough to join a satanic cult to begin with, then it\u2019s not a stretch to imagine them offering their children to their \u2018god.\u2019\u2009\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" alt=\"The movie \u201cThe Exorcist\u201d\" class=\"wp-image-18716742 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/exorcist-3.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/exorcist-3.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/exorcist-3.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/exorcist-3.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/exorcist-3.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2000 2000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>While Monsignor Rossetti has never had someone levitate like in the movie \u201cThe Exorcist\u201d, he said the possessed regularly spew white foam when touched with holy water \u2014 and sometimes even text their victims.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Alamy<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As the young woman grew up, she found her way to the Catholic faith in search of comfort and solace. \u201cThe demons did not like that,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd they claimed her by burning that cross in her shoulder. So the spiritual battle began.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Then, he says, followed an epic, six-month battle with Satan. Rossetti and his team \u2014 including, on occasions, another priest and several faithful Catholics for support \u2014 engaged in holy war to liberate the distraught woman.<\/p>\n<p>At each session, Rossetti would recite: \u201cI claim you for Christ Our Savior by the sign of the Cross.\u201d The woman would respond, \u201cI belong to Jesus.\u201d And each time, it was the same bloodcurdling result. \u201cSatan would burn a cross into her [skin] many times until finally he was cast out,\u201d Rossetti recalled. (The crucifixes would disappear after every instance.)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThankfully, this woman has been recently liberated by the power of Christ,\u201d said Rossetti. \u201cIt was an ugly fight, and I don\u2019t want to go through it again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rossetti was appointed a diocesan exorcist by his bishop in Washington. By his telling, \u201cthe Blessed Virgin picked me\u201d for the job. He trained in Rome and in the US under a senior exorcist, and has been involved in many hundreds of exorcisms since 1999.<\/p>\n<p>At each one, often conducted in a private space at a church, he wears his clerical clothes with a purple stole \u2014 an ancient Church symbol of authority \u2014 over his shoulders.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe demons hate the stole and keep telling me to take it off, which I don\u2019t,\u201d Rossetti said. He also brandishes a Benedictine crucifix emblazoned with an \u201cexorcistic formula\u201d in Latin,\u00a0<em>\u201cVade Retro Satana<\/em>,\u201d on the back, Translation: \u201cGet Behind Me, Satan.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Holy water is essential. \u201cWe use a large bottle and spritz with it,\u201d Rossetti said, adding that the possessed often vomit white foam when the water touches them.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" alt=\"Monsignor Stephen Rossetti\" class=\"wp-image-18716741 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/exorcist-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/exorcist-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/exorcist-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/exorcist-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/exorcist-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2000 2000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>At each session, Rossetti recites: \u201cI claim you for Christ Our Savior by the sign of the Cross.\u201d <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Rod Lamkey \u2013 CNP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As for his brethren\u2019s opinion, New York Archbishop Timothy Cardinal Dolan blurbed the book: \u201cEnlightening and timely!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The monsignor admitted that many who think they are \u201cpossessed\u201d or \u201coppressed\u201d by demons are, in fact, suffering mental illness. But he\u2019s seen enough to believe.<\/p>\n<p>As a young seminarian at college, Rossetti had his own brush with evil as he was about to fall asleep one night. Suddenly he experienced an \u201cunbelievable force. I felt quickly being overwhelmed but no physical manifestation.\u201d Rossetti concluded it was only one thing \u2014 a \u201cdemonic attack.\u201d He leapt out of bed and lunged for his rosaries. \u201cThe moment I touched my rosary beads, this attack stopped.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And Rossetti has advice for keeping the demons away: \u201cI tell people, put crucifixes in your home, holy water in a font at home, religious statues around the house, and say your rosary.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is your protection.\u201d\n            <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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