Woman 'tormented by demons' plans protest
Posted: 2003-01-20 02:30pm
Woman 'tormented by demons' plans protest
An American woman who claims to be tormented by demons is planning a protest on behalf of fellow-sufferers.
The 51-year-old former schoolteacher has spent six years seeking an exorcism.
She now intends to demonstrate in front of the Norwich Diocese in East Connecticut.
"I'll be carrying a sign and have my head covered in a hood. I want public exposure for the unpardonable neglect of people who are possessed by a demon," she said in the Norwich Bulletin.
Ms B, who asked not to be identified by name, at one point was possessed by 19 demonic spirits and spoke in "a tongue in which she is not familiar" in a session with her psychiatrist, according to mental and spiritual assessments of her.
Roman Catholic exorcisms are carefully planned rituals that can include holy water, crucifixes and sacred ruins, according to De Exorcismus et supplicationibus quibusdam, a manual approved by Pope John Paul II in 1998.
But getting one in eastern Connecticut isn't easy, which is why Ms. B plans to protest in front of the Norwich Diocese at 201 Broad St.
The symptoms started in 1993. "I heard hateful voices, I had an involuntary blurb here or there. I had involuntary motions. For example, if I had been cutting a vegetable, the knife would move. My eyes would move without my permission," she said.
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_74 ... s.quirkies
An American woman who claims to be tormented by demons is planning a protest on behalf of fellow-sufferers.
The 51-year-old former schoolteacher has spent six years seeking an exorcism.
She now intends to demonstrate in front of the Norwich Diocese in East Connecticut.
"I'll be carrying a sign and have my head covered in a hood. I want public exposure for the unpardonable neglect of people who are possessed by a demon," she said in the Norwich Bulletin.
Ms B, who asked not to be identified by name, at one point was possessed by 19 demonic spirits and spoke in "a tongue in which she is not familiar" in a session with her psychiatrist, according to mental and spiritual assessments of her.
Roman Catholic exorcisms are carefully planned rituals that can include holy water, crucifixes and sacred ruins, according to De Exorcismus et supplicationibus quibusdam, a manual approved by Pope John Paul II in 1998.
But getting one in eastern Connecticut isn't easy, which is why Ms. B plans to protest in front of the Norwich Diocese at 201 Broad St.
The symptoms started in 1993. "I heard hateful voices, I had an involuntary blurb here or there. I had involuntary motions. For example, if I had been cutting a vegetable, the knife would move. My eyes would move without my permission," she said.
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_74 ... s.quirkies
