1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:15,520 The rules number one, always perform entertainment on the holy ground. 2 00:00:15,520 --> 00:00:18,280 I had no idea where to begin. 3 00:00:18,280 --> 00:00:23,720 Humans lie, don't believe anything that they tell you. 4 00:00:23,720 --> 00:00:30,720 The demonic possession was something I only thought existed in films. 5 00:00:30,720 --> 00:00:40,720 I couldn't believe what I just witnessed. 6 00:00:40,720 --> 00:00:50,720 This person is truly possessed. 7 00:00:50,720 --> 00:01:00,720 We focused on what you are called to do. 8 00:01:00,720 --> 00:01:11,720 Tantumoto T-R-O-S. 9 00:01:11,720 --> 00:01:14,720 It was the height of summer when the call came. 10 00:01:14,720 --> 00:01:36,720 I didn't know what to expect. 11 00:01:36,720 --> 00:01:38,720 I was a young priest. 12 00:01:38,720 --> 00:01:40,720 I was extremely nervous. 13 00:01:40,720 --> 00:01:44,720 This was the first time that I would be doing this. 14 00:01:44,720 --> 00:02:04,720 I didn't know it yet, but this would be the hardest case of my career. 15 00:02:04,720 --> 00:02:13,720 I wiped my hands on my pants just because of the nerves and the sweat. 16 00:02:13,720 --> 00:02:33,720 I reassured myself this was only a meeting. 17 00:02:33,720 --> 00:02:35,720 Hello, I'm Father Leverett. 18 00:02:35,720 --> 00:02:42,720 Come in. Thank you for coming. 19 00:02:42,720 --> 00:02:46,720 She began to explain her situation to me. 20 00:02:46,720 --> 00:02:51,720 I don't feel like myself. 21 00:02:51,720 --> 00:02:53,720 She would wake up in the middle of the night. 22 00:02:53,720 --> 00:02:57,720 Husband said she starts to speak in a different language. 23 00:02:57,720 --> 00:03:01,720 It all started 15 years ago. 24 00:03:01,720 --> 00:03:05,720 I was trying to help a friend because she was acting irrational. 25 00:03:05,720 --> 00:03:07,720 She said to her friend, 26 00:03:07,720 --> 00:03:10,720 whatever in you I invite to come in to me. 27 00:03:10,720 --> 00:03:14,720 Right after the words came out of my mouth, 28 00:03:14,720 --> 00:03:16,720 I felt a change. 29 00:03:16,720 --> 00:03:19,720 My life has literally fallen apart. 30 00:03:19,720 --> 00:03:24,720 They initially thought there must be something physically or mentally wrong. 31 00:03:24,720 --> 00:03:27,720 So you have seen some doctors? 32 00:03:27,720 --> 00:03:30,720 I went to see neurologists, psychologists. 33 00:03:30,720 --> 00:03:34,720 I've been through the whole battery of tests. 34 00:03:34,720 --> 00:03:37,720 Only as a last resort did they finally turn to the church. 35 00:03:37,720 --> 00:03:39,720 You're our last hope, Father. 36 00:03:39,720 --> 00:03:44,720 Just before I left, I said, well, let's say a prayer together. 37 00:03:44,720 --> 00:03:47,720 I'll ask God to be with you, to give you the strength that you need 38 00:03:47,720 --> 00:03:52,720 to deal with the situation in your life. 39 00:03:52,720 --> 00:03:56,720 Father, Son, always be here. 40 00:03:58,720 --> 00:04:01,720 It was like flipping a light switch. 41 00:04:01,720 --> 00:04:06,720 She lunged towards me. 42 00:04:06,720 --> 00:04:08,720 My heart is racing. 43 00:04:08,720 --> 00:04:12,720 I'm shaking. 44 00:04:12,720 --> 00:04:18,720 This was it. This was the real thing. 45 00:04:18,720 --> 00:04:22,720 Can I do this? 46 00:04:29,720 --> 00:04:31,720 We beseech thee, O Lord, 47 00:04:31,720 --> 00:04:34,720 ill-mursa flee with thy servant departed, 48 00:04:34,720 --> 00:04:37,720 that he who aspires do thy will. 49 00:04:37,720 --> 00:04:40,720 I had known Father John Ryan since I was a boy, 50 00:04:40,720 --> 00:04:44,720 that thy mercy unite him with the choirs of entrance. 51 00:04:44,720 --> 00:04:47,720 When he died, I took it pretty hard. 52 00:04:47,720 --> 00:04:50,720 Eternal rest, grant unto him, O Lord. 53 00:04:50,720 --> 00:04:52,720 He was kind and inspirational, 54 00:04:52,720 --> 00:04:55,720 one of the reasons I wanted to become a priest. 55 00:04:55,720 --> 00:04:58,720 May you rest in peace. Amen. 56 00:04:58,720 --> 00:05:01,720 Thank you for coming, Father. 57 00:05:04,720 --> 00:05:06,720 The bishop approached me and said, 58 00:05:06,720 --> 00:05:08,720 I have a favor to ask of you. 59 00:05:08,720 --> 00:05:12,720 I'm not sure exactly what I'm asking you to do, 60 00:05:12,720 --> 00:05:14,720 but Father Ryan did it. 61 00:05:14,720 --> 00:05:17,720 Now I need you to do it. 62 00:05:17,720 --> 00:05:23,720 He says, I need you to be the exorcist for Indianapolis. 63 00:05:26,720 --> 00:05:29,720 I could not believe those words came out of his mouth. 64 00:05:29,720 --> 00:05:33,720 To be honest, I never realized that exorcist actually even existed. 65 00:05:33,720 --> 00:05:37,720 Demonic possession was something I only thought existed in films. 66 00:05:37,720 --> 00:05:40,720 I'm not sure I'm the right person for the job. 67 00:05:40,720 --> 00:05:44,720 I've always been a bookish, introverted sort of person. 68 00:05:44,720 --> 00:05:47,720 He says the fact that you don't want the job 69 00:05:47,720 --> 00:05:49,720 is why you get to keep it. 70 00:06:10,720 --> 00:06:13,720 Six months later, I found myself on a bus, 71 00:06:13,720 --> 00:06:15,720 headed for the suburbs of Rome, 72 00:06:15,720 --> 00:06:20,720 off to meet one of the Vatican's most learned and experienced exorcists 73 00:06:20,720 --> 00:06:22,720 who was now going to mentor me 74 00:06:22,720 --> 00:06:25,720 and give me the training I needed to be an exorcist. 75 00:06:28,720 --> 00:06:31,720 The longer the journey went on, the more apprehensive I became. 76 00:06:41,720 --> 00:06:43,720 No one else around. 77 00:06:45,720 --> 00:06:48,720 Have I come to kind of the end of the world? 78 00:07:02,720 --> 00:07:04,720 Am I in the right place? 79 00:07:04,720 --> 00:07:06,720 Am I in the right place? 80 00:07:16,720 --> 00:07:18,720 This looks like an exorcist. 81 00:07:18,720 --> 00:07:20,720 Carmen de Filippis. 82 00:07:20,720 --> 00:07:23,720 Father Carmen de Filippis, who's a very robust man. 83 00:07:23,720 --> 00:07:26,720 That's who you want to go up against the demons. 84 00:07:26,720 --> 00:07:28,720 Not me. 85 00:07:28,720 --> 00:07:30,720 TAKE YOURSELF 86 00:07:33,720 --> 00:07:35,720 Father Carmen de Filippis took me into a room 87 00:07:35,720 --> 00:07:37,720 where he performed the exorcisms. 88 00:07:38,720 --> 00:07:40,720 Sit, sit, sit. 89 00:07:43,720 --> 00:07:47,720 What he expected of me was to simply watch and learn. 90 00:07:48,720 --> 00:07:52,720 Rule number one, always perform exorcism on the holy ground. 91 00:07:52,720 --> 00:07:54,720 I was feeling out of my depth. 92 00:07:54,720 --> 00:07:57,720 Your guide, your friend, your weapon. 93 00:08:00,720 --> 00:08:03,720 Father Carmen A. escorts a woman into the room. 94 00:08:15,720 --> 00:08:17,720 And then he disappears. 95 00:08:18,720 --> 00:08:24,720 I'm just thinking to myself, this person doesn't seem to be possessed. 96 00:08:24,720 --> 00:08:26,720 Her head's not spinning around. 97 00:08:26,720 --> 00:08:28,720 She seems very pleasant. 98 00:08:31,720 --> 00:08:34,720 Father Carmen A. places holy water on the table. 99 00:08:37,720 --> 00:08:38,720 He comes back in. 100 00:08:38,720 --> 00:08:40,720 He places paper towels on the table. 101 00:08:40,720 --> 00:08:44,720 Ties a plastic bag to the radiator on the wall. 102 00:08:45,720 --> 00:08:48,720 And I'm thinking, what is this all about? 103 00:09:00,720 --> 00:09:03,720 Carmen A. now has on his robes. 104 00:09:04,720 --> 00:09:07,720 He seems to be a completely different person. 105 00:09:07,720 --> 00:09:10,720 He seems to be a completely different person. 106 00:09:22,720 --> 00:09:25,720 The only bad thing about this is that he's a saint. 107 00:09:25,720 --> 00:09:27,720 He's a saint. 108 00:09:36,720 --> 00:09:38,720 He's just feeling... 109 00:09:40,720 --> 00:09:42,720 And then everything changes. 110 00:09:45,720 --> 00:09:47,720 Her eyes roll back in her head. 111 00:09:47,720 --> 00:09:49,720 It's nothing but the whites of her eyes. 112 00:09:49,720 --> 00:09:51,720 You can see nothing of her pupil. 113 00:09:55,720 --> 00:09:57,720 This woman is speaking Latin. 114 00:09:59,720 --> 00:10:01,720 This is not her voice. 115 00:10:04,720 --> 00:10:05,720 It's much deeper. 116 00:10:08,720 --> 00:10:09,720 My heart is racing. 117 00:10:09,720 --> 00:10:12,720 And there's no rational explanation for what's going on. 118 00:10:20,720 --> 00:10:24,720 So Father Carmen A. then begins the prayers of exorcism. 119 00:10:26,720 --> 00:10:28,720 The holy water was burning this person. 120 00:10:34,720 --> 00:10:36,720 Now the woman starts foaming at the mouth. 121 00:10:38,720 --> 00:10:40,720 Father Satan, inventor and majesty. 122 00:10:42,720 --> 00:10:44,720 I then realized why he brought this. 123 00:10:44,720 --> 00:10:46,720 I then realized why he brought this. 124 00:10:46,720 --> 00:10:48,720 I thought it was a very different person. 125 00:10:48,720 --> 00:10:50,720 I thought it was a very different person. 126 00:10:50,720 --> 00:10:52,720 I thought it was a very different person. 127 00:10:52,720 --> 00:10:54,720 I thought it was a very different person. 128 00:10:55,720 --> 00:10:57,720 I thought it was a very different person. 129 00:10:59,720 --> 00:11:00,720 He was prepared. 130 00:11:14,720 --> 00:11:17,720 Father Carmen A. immediately goes to answer the phone 131 00:11:17,720 --> 00:11:20,720 and I'm thinking, what is he doing? 132 00:11:20,720 --> 00:11:24,720 He's not leaving me here in this room with this person. 133 00:11:24,720 --> 00:11:26,720 This head is just going all over the place. 134 00:11:28,720 --> 00:11:31,720 If this person becomes violent, what will I do? 135 00:11:33,720 --> 00:11:35,720 Don't look the person in the eye. 136 00:11:36,720 --> 00:11:39,720 Putting my head down, trying to continue to pray. 137 00:11:41,720 --> 00:11:43,720 The person is growling, snarling. 138 00:11:44,720 --> 00:11:47,720 I'm just thinking, don't look at me, don't look at me. 139 00:11:54,720 --> 00:11:56,720 The man is going to answer the phone. 140 00:12:01,720 --> 00:12:03,720 The man is going to answer the phone. 141 00:12:04,720 --> 00:12:06,720 The man is going to answer the phone. 142 00:12:14,720 --> 00:12:15,720 Ready? 143 00:12:16,720 --> 00:12:17,720 Yes. 144 00:12:17,720 --> 00:12:19,720 I'm going to answer the phone. 145 00:12:27,720 --> 00:12:31,720 I've never seen such hatred on the face of a person before. 146 00:12:41,720 --> 00:12:43,720 And then Father Carmen A. comes back into the room 147 00:12:44,720 --> 00:12:47,720 and I'm thinking, don't leave me again. 148 00:12:52,720 --> 00:12:55,720 All of a sudden, the person in front of me changes completely. 149 00:12:55,720 --> 00:12:58,720 She just becomes completely calm and relaxed. 150 00:13:00,720 --> 00:13:02,720 And now the woman in her own voice is saying 151 00:13:06,720 --> 00:13:08,720 I feel so much better now. 152 00:13:08,720 --> 00:13:10,720 I feel much better now. Thank you. 153 00:13:17,720 --> 00:13:19,720 Six of you are human creatures. 154 00:13:27,720 --> 00:13:29,720 Six of you are human creatures. 155 00:13:30,720 --> 00:13:31,720 You have five of them. 156 00:13:32,720 --> 00:13:34,720 You are free with all my heart, Father. 157 00:13:34,720 --> 00:13:38,720 Father, for everything you have done for me today. 158 00:13:39,720 --> 00:13:40,720 Thank you. 159 00:13:47,720 --> 00:13:49,720 The congregation is a devil sect. 160 00:13:50,720 --> 00:13:52,720 I will bring you the curse. 161 00:13:53,720 --> 00:13:57,720 I will not forgive you. 162 00:13:58,720 --> 00:13:59,720 I've been fooled. 163 00:14:00,720 --> 00:14:01,720 Humans lie. 164 00:14:01,720 --> 00:14:04,720 They don't believe anything that they tell you. 165 00:14:05,720 --> 00:14:09,720 It made me realize how much more I had to learn. 166 00:14:15,720 --> 00:14:17,720 This woman is ridiculing him. 167 00:14:21,720 --> 00:14:22,720 How is this battle going to end? 168 00:14:32,720 --> 00:14:33,720 Amen. 169 00:14:36,720 --> 00:14:38,720 And then out of nowhere, Father Carmen A. 170 00:14:39,720 --> 00:14:41,720 just taps the person on the forehead 171 00:14:43,720 --> 00:14:45,720 and the person's consciousness comes back. 172 00:14:49,720 --> 00:14:52,720 I was just completely emotionally and mentally drained. 173 00:14:56,720 --> 00:14:58,720 He was each person on a regular basis 174 00:14:58,720 --> 00:15:00,720 until the demons were cast out. 175 00:15:02,720 --> 00:15:04,720 And then the next person is brought in. 176 00:15:06,720 --> 00:15:08,720 And now here it is about to begin again. 177 00:15:16,720 --> 00:15:18,720 I was with Father Carmen A. for six hours. 178 00:15:20,720 --> 00:15:22,720 And it never got easier. 179 00:15:29,720 --> 00:15:32,720 I'm now on the bus and I'm watching people 180 00:15:33,720 --> 00:15:35,720 going about their normal everyday lives. 181 00:15:41,720 --> 00:15:43,720 It can't be that way for me anymore. 182 00:15:48,720 --> 00:15:50,720 Everything had now changed. 183 00:15:58,720 --> 00:16:00,720 I realized I really knew nothing about this stuff. 184 00:16:05,720 --> 00:16:08,720 So in the mornings before I would go and see Father Carmen A. 185 00:16:09,720 --> 00:16:10,720 I would read up on demonology. 186 00:16:12,720 --> 00:16:16,720 The fathers of the church teach that there are nine choirs of angels. 187 00:16:17,720 --> 00:16:19,720 The ones who fell from grace, 188 00:16:20,720 --> 00:16:22,720 the ones who were born from the dead. 189 00:16:23,720 --> 00:16:25,720 And the ones who died from the dead. 190 00:16:25,720 --> 00:16:27,720 The ones who fell from grace. 191 00:16:28,720 --> 00:16:30,720 That's where we get the demons. 192 00:16:32,720 --> 00:16:35,720 Each one of these demons represents one of the deadly sins. 193 00:16:37,720 --> 00:16:39,720 Mamun, the demon of gluttony. 194 00:16:42,720 --> 00:16:44,720 The Elsebac brings about jealousy. 195 00:16:45,720 --> 00:16:46,720 The demon of lust. 196 00:16:47,720 --> 00:16:49,720 Leviathan, an enormous de-ergon-son. 197 00:16:50,720 --> 00:16:53,720 Father Carmen A. taught me once a demon names itself, 198 00:16:53,720 --> 00:16:57,720 it's submitting to the power and the authority of the church. 199 00:16:58,720 --> 00:17:01,720 Satan cast out the dead, having great anger. 200 00:17:02,720 --> 00:17:06,720 And Lucifer was thrown down to earth for his pride to live among the men. 201 00:17:09,720 --> 00:17:11,720 I just remember feeling overwhelmed and thinking, 202 00:17:12,720 --> 00:17:14,720 what in the world have I gotten myself into now? 203 00:17:14,720 --> 00:17:16,720 The Elsebac is the place that I'm now in. 204 00:17:22,720 --> 00:17:24,720 Some time later I was arriving at Father Carmen A's place. 205 00:17:25,720 --> 00:17:28,720 A very heavy metal swivel back desk chair 206 00:17:29,720 --> 00:17:31,720 that's now taken the place of the wooden chair. 207 00:17:35,720 --> 00:17:36,720 Here you are. 208 00:17:37,720 --> 00:17:38,720 Take it easy. 209 00:17:39,720 --> 00:17:40,720 This lady then comes in. 210 00:17:41,720 --> 00:17:44,720 Probably in her 70s, very frail, elderly woman. 211 00:17:47,720 --> 00:17:48,720 A grandmother type figure. 212 00:17:52,720 --> 00:17:55,720 I'm thinking, what a nice, sweet, little old lady. 213 00:18:00,720 --> 00:18:03,720 Nome de patria, fili, spiil to santo. 214 00:18:11,720 --> 00:18:12,720 It was not her. 215 00:18:14,720 --> 00:18:17,720 She's holding that heavy metal chair with one hand. 216 00:18:19,720 --> 00:18:21,720 She begins to look at me intently. 217 00:18:25,720 --> 00:18:28,720 There's no way that this elderly woman has that kind of strength. 218 00:18:41,720 --> 00:18:44,720 Vagas satana, ventore magistera, 219 00:18:44,720 --> 00:18:47,720 ovis parate, losso da suma nai salubis, 220 00:18:47,720 --> 00:18:49,720 umiliara so puti ala ne. 221 00:18:50,720 --> 00:18:52,720 I couldn't get the chair out of her hands. 222 00:18:55,720 --> 00:18:57,720 This is an elderly woman in her 70s. 223 00:18:57,720 --> 00:18:59,720 Probably didn't weigh 100 pounds. 224 00:19:03,720 --> 00:19:06,720 I'm finally able to get the chair back on the ground. 225 00:19:06,720 --> 00:19:08,720 The woman is back in the chair. 226 00:19:10,720 --> 00:19:12,720 I'm in fire in the moment. 227 00:19:15,720 --> 00:19:17,720 I couldn't believe what I just witnessed. 228 00:19:22,720 --> 00:19:23,720 See boy, see? 229 00:19:31,720 --> 00:19:34,720 Page 169, read it. 230 00:19:35,720 --> 00:19:38,720 Science of possession are the following. 231 00:19:40,720 --> 00:19:44,720 A display of powers which are beyond the subject's age and natural condition. 232 00:19:46,720 --> 00:19:49,720 Ability to speak in strange tone. 233 00:19:52,720 --> 00:19:55,720 The faculty of divulging future and hidden event. 234 00:19:56,720 --> 00:19:59,720 One of the roles of being an actress is to be a skeptic. 235 00:19:59,720 --> 00:20:03,720 You should be the last person to believe someone is possessed. 236 00:20:04,720 --> 00:20:08,720 Explore conventional and medical explanation. 237 00:20:08,720 --> 00:20:11,720 Epilepsy, mental illness, 238 00:20:11,720 --> 00:20:14,720 before assuming demonic possession. 239 00:20:25,720 --> 00:20:28,720 It was my last week in Rome. 240 00:20:28,720 --> 00:20:31,720 I'd sit in on 40 exorcisms. 241 00:20:33,720 --> 00:20:35,720 I thought I had seen it all, 242 00:20:35,720 --> 00:20:38,720 but what I saw in that last session with Father Carmen A. 243 00:20:38,720 --> 00:20:41,720 made me realize that I was still a novice. 244 00:20:46,720 --> 00:20:48,720 I was a little bit nervous. 245 00:20:48,720 --> 00:20:50,720 I was a little bit nervous. 246 00:20:50,720 --> 00:20:52,720 I was a little bit nervous. 247 00:20:52,720 --> 00:20:54,720 I was nervous. 248 00:20:55,720 --> 00:20:57,720 I was nervous. 249 00:20:57,720 --> 00:20:59,720 I was nervous. 250 00:21:03,720 --> 00:21:06,720 This woman had a very troubled childhood, 251 00:21:06,720 --> 00:21:09,720 never really felt loved or accepted. 252 00:21:09,720 --> 00:21:13,720 Eventually she found her way being involved into the occult. 253 00:21:19,720 --> 00:21:21,720 So Father Carmen A. began the prayers. 254 00:21:22,720 --> 00:21:25,720 Father, son, spirit, and saint. 255 00:21:26,720 --> 00:21:28,720 Once again, everything changes. 256 00:21:36,720 --> 00:21:40,720 Desire is my heart, my heart is yours. 257 00:21:41,720 --> 00:21:46,720 It's a jizmus, the men of the world, spirit. 258 00:21:46,720 --> 00:21:48,720 The men of Satanic power. 259 00:21:48,720 --> 00:21:52,720 The men of infernal incursions, the men of the enemy. 260 00:21:52,720 --> 00:21:56,720 The men of the king, the men of the country. 261 00:21:56,720 --> 00:21:58,720 The bone begins to pour out of her mouth 262 00:21:58,720 --> 00:22:01,720 more than I've ever seen in any other case. 263 00:22:02,720 --> 00:22:06,720 The next term is the penance of a prophet. 264 00:22:06,720 --> 00:22:09,720 The man of Satan, the inventor and the master. 265 00:22:10,720 --> 00:22:14,720 And then the woman just begins to shake uncontrollably. 266 00:22:15,720 --> 00:22:18,720 Humiliars impotenti, one of them. 267 00:22:18,720 --> 00:22:22,720 Contrimestri, the one who digs her hands into the arms of the chair 268 00:22:22,720 --> 00:22:26,720 so tightly that you can see the whites of her knuckles. 269 00:22:36,720 --> 00:22:39,720 And then the woman just goes completely limp. 270 00:22:44,720 --> 00:22:46,720 The dogame's out in us. 271 00:22:51,720 --> 00:22:55,720 I'm looking and disbelieved, and she's now floating in the air. 272 00:22:57,720 --> 00:23:01,720 There is nothing between her and the chair that she had just been sitting in. 273 00:23:05,720 --> 00:23:07,720 I can't believe this is happening. 274 00:23:08,720 --> 00:23:12,720 Ergo drago valedicti, etomius legio tio. 275 00:23:12,720 --> 00:23:15,720 Father Carmenae, discontinuing to pray. 276 00:23:20,720 --> 00:23:23,720 He simply put the person back in their seat. 277 00:23:27,720 --> 00:23:28,720 Amen. 278 00:23:28,720 --> 00:23:31,720 And then, like every other exorcism, when he was finished, 279 00:23:31,720 --> 00:23:36,720 tapped him on the forehead, and it was all over. 280 00:23:38,720 --> 00:23:42,720 So the person leaves. 281 00:23:42,720 --> 00:23:45,720 I'm in disbelief about what just happened. 282 00:23:46,720 --> 00:23:49,720 But Father Carmenae didn't seem phased at all. 283 00:23:49,720 --> 00:23:50,720 He was tidying up. 284 00:23:52,720 --> 00:23:54,720 Ignore the paranormal stuff. 285 00:23:54,720 --> 00:23:56,720 It's just part of tricks. 286 00:23:56,720 --> 00:24:00,720 He told me the manifestations were just tricks of the devil. 287 00:24:00,720 --> 00:24:03,720 Stay focused on what you are called to do. 288 00:24:03,720 --> 00:24:07,720 Pray for the person in the name and the authority of Jesus Christ. 289 00:24:11,720 --> 00:24:14,720 So once it was all over, it was time for me to leave. 290 00:24:15,720 --> 00:24:18,720 These past three months had changed my life. 291 00:24:29,720 --> 00:24:32,720 Back in the United States, I got the person I wanted. 292 00:24:33,720 --> 00:24:36,720 I was a little old from Father Ryan's old office. 293 00:24:41,720 --> 00:24:43,720 It was the prayer book that he would use. 294 00:24:45,720 --> 00:24:48,720 It was the stole that he would wear when he did exorcisms. 295 00:24:48,720 --> 00:24:51,720 It was the tools of the trade, if you will. 296 00:24:53,720 --> 00:24:55,720 Every time an older priest passes away, 297 00:24:55,720 --> 00:24:59,720 younger priests realize that a torch has now been passed on to them. 298 00:25:00,720 --> 00:25:03,720 I tried it on and the hairs on the back of my neck stood up. 299 00:25:03,720 --> 00:25:06,720 I had the proper tools in front of me. 300 00:25:06,720 --> 00:25:10,720 And yet I did not feel like I had the skills or the confidence 301 00:25:10,720 --> 00:25:13,720 within me to be able to do this. 302 00:25:14,720 --> 00:25:18,720 The weight of responsibility just seemed to be too great for me. 303 00:25:29,720 --> 00:25:31,720 And then the call came. 304 00:25:33,720 --> 00:25:36,720 I invited what was in her to come into me. 305 00:25:42,720 --> 00:25:48,720 This woman lunged at me like a wild dog that was about to devour me. 306 00:25:48,720 --> 00:25:50,720 I was like, 307 00:25:57,720 --> 00:26:00,720 In the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. 308 00:26:05,720 --> 00:26:08,720 This person is truly possessed. 309 00:26:10,720 --> 00:26:12,720 I didn't know what to do. 310 00:26:13,720 --> 00:26:16,720 I'm silently praying to myself, asking God to help me 311 00:26:16,720 --> 00:26:20,720 muster up the strength to take on this situation. 312 00:26:22,720 --> 00:26:25,720 Then I was able to pick up the prayer book. 313 00:26:27,720 --> 00:26:30,720 But then in my mind, I had the voice of Father Carmen A. Tellamy 314 00:26:30,720 --> 00:26:34,720 always to perform exorcisms on the Holy Ground. 315 00:26:43,720 --> 00:26:48,720 I knew that I had to subdue the demon until I could face it properly. 316 00:26:51,720 --> 00:26:55,720 And then I recalled what Father Carmen A. had done to end his sessions. 317 00:26:55,720 --> 00:26:57,720 Put her in the chair. 318 00:27:02,720 --> 00:27:04,720 I reached up. 319 00:27:04,720 --> 00:27:07,720 My hands were shaking like a leaf. 320 00:27:08,720 --> 00:27:11,720 But I knew the demon was only restrained. 321 00:27:11,720 --> 00:27:14,720 It was still within her. 322 00:27:23,720 --> 00:27:27,720 Rule number one, always perform exorcisms on the Holy Ground. 323 00:27:31,720 --> 00:27:33,720 I had made a terrible error. 324 00:27:33,720 --> 00:27:37,720 I needed to do battle with that demon on Holy Ground. 325 00:27:42,720 --> 00:27:47,720 I was able to locate a disused convent in southern Indiana. 326 00:27:50,720 --> 00:27:55,720 It had a chapel in it, and we arranged that that's where the exorcism would take place. 327 00:27:56,720 --> 00:28:00,720 I brought an assistant with me, a young training priest. 328 00:28:04,720 --> 00:28:08,720 This old convent was probably built to house about 12 sisters. 329 00:28:08,720 --> 00:28:11,720 It was now completely empty. It was not in use. 330 00:28:33,720 --> 00:28:35,720 We go into the chapel. 331 00:28:35,720 --> 00:28:38,720 I was filled with all kinds of doubts. 332 00:28:41,720 --> 00:28:43,720 I'm not going to be able to rely on Father Carmen A. 333 00:28:43,720 --> 00:28:45,720 He's halfway around the world. 334 00:28:51,720 --> 00:28:53,720 Take a seat. 335 00:29:03,720 --> 00:29:10,720 I put on Father Ryan's old stole and took out his prayer book. 336 00:29:14,720 --> 00:29:16,720 It was reassuring. 337 00:29:16,720 --> 00:29:19,720 I felt like he was there protecting me in some way. 338 00:29:23,720 --> 00:29:25,720 I was able to locate the demon. 339 00:29:25,720 --> 00:29:27,720 I was able to locate the demon. 340 00:29:27,720 --> 00:29:29,720 I was able to locate the demon. 341 00:29:29,720 --> 00:29:31,720 I was able to locate the demon. 342 00:29:32,720 --> 00:29:35,720 And then the exorcism began. 343 00:29:36,720 --> 00:29:38,720 Father, Father. 344 00:29:44,720 --> 00:29:46,720 I drive you forth, unclean... 345 00:29:46,720 --> 00:29:48,720 Caster. 346 00:29:48,720 --> 00:29:50,720 I was terrified and trembling. 347 00:29:50,720 --> 00:29:53,720 I knew that there was a long battle in front of me. 348 00:29:53,720 --> 00:29:55,720 I drive you forth, unclean spirit. 349 00:29:55,720 --> 00:29:58,720 Every invader, every specter, every... 350 00:29:58,720 --> 00:30:00,720 Stop it. 351 00:30:00,720 --> 00:30:03,720 Stop it now. 352 00:30:03,720 --> 00:30:05,720 She's foaming at the mouth. She's growling. 353 00:30:05,720 --> 00:30:07,720 But he who rules the seasons... 354 00:30:07,720 --> 00:30:09,720 The demon is laughing at me. 355 00:30:09,720 --> 00:30:11,720 It's mocking me. 356 00:30:16,720 --> 00:30:19,720 I was doing my best to completely... 357 00:30:19,720 --> 00:30:22,720 I was doing my best to completely... 358 00:30:22,720 --> 00:30:25,720 I was doing my best to completely... 359 00:30:25,720 --> 00:30:28,720 I was doing my best to completely... 360 00:30:28,720 --> 00:30:31,720 shut her out and focus on my task. 361 00:30:33,720 --> 00:30:35,720 I'm continuing to pray, 362 00:30:35,720 --> 00:30:37,720 trying to stay focused. 363 00:30:38,720 --> 00:30:40,720 You're out there for and fear, 364 00:30:40,720 --> 00:30:41,720 Satan, enemy of faith, 365 00:30:41,720 --> 00:30:43,720 adversary of the human race, 366 00:30:43,720 --> 00:30:44,720 author of death, 367 00:30:44,720 --> 00:30:46,720 destroyer of life. 368 00:30:50,720 --> 00:30:52,720 The temperature in the room drops. 369 00:30:52,720 --> 00:30:56,720 Even though we're in the dead heat of summer, 370 00:30:56,720 --> 00:30:58,720 the chill just overcomes me. 371 00:30:59,720 --> 00:31:01,720 This isn't normal. 372 00:31:01,720 --> 00:31:03,720 This isn't normal at all. 373 00:31:03,720 --> 00:31:05,720 Ignore the better normal stuff. 374 00:31:05,720 --> 00:31:07,720 It's just part of the tricks. 375 00:31:08,720 --> 00:31:11,720 I kept trying to put all these distractions out of my mind, 376 00:31:11,720 --> 00:31:13,720 and I continued to pray. 377 00:31:13,720 --> 00:31:16,720 When you stand to resist when you know that Christ the Lord 378 00:31:16,720 --> 00:31:18,720 has destroyed your wicked ways, 379 00:31:18,720 --> 00:31:20,720 and out of the corner of her eye, 380 00:31:20,720 --> 00:31:23,720 he catches sight of the assistant priest. 381 00:31:24,720 --> 00:31:26,720 And then the demon says, 382 00:31:26,720 --> 00:31:29,720 You're going to get tired before we do. 383 00:31:29,720 --> 00:31:32,720 You're going to get tired before we do. 384 00:31:34,720 --> 00:31:36,720 And I'm thinking... 385 00:31:38,720 --> 00:31:42,720 This is not just a case of one demon being present, 386 00:31:42,720 --> 00:31:44,720 but many. 387 00:31:45,720 --> 00:31:49,720 This is going to be a lot harder than I thought. 388 00:31:50,720 --> 00:31:53,720 I'm going to get tired before we do. 389 00:32:07,720 --> 00:32:09,720 Justice Father Carmine had taught me, 390 00:32:09,720 --> 00:32:14,720 I began demanding that the demons name themselves. 391 00:32:15,720 --> 00:32:17,720 I command you, 392 00:32:17,720 --> 00:32:19,720 to be constantly inspired by the passion, 393 00:32:19,720 --> 00:32:23,720 death and resurrection of the Lord our Jesus Christ. 394 00:32:23,720 --> 00:32:25,720 Tell me your name. 395 00:32:29,720 --> 00:32:33,720 And I know that I've now hit a raw nerve with these demons. 396 00:32:33,720 --> 00:32:35,720 Tell me your name. 397 00:32:35,720 --> 00:32:37,720 No! 398 00:32:38,720 --> 00:32:40,720 My voice is getting louder. 399 00:32:40,720 --> 00:32:42,720 I'm stepping up to the challenge. 400 00:32:42,720 --> 00:32:44,720 Tell me your name! 401 00:32:45,720 --> 00:32:48,720 And then these different voices inside of her 402 00:32:48,720 --> 00:32:50,720 started naming themselves. 403 00:32:53,720 --> 00:32:55,720 Tell me your name! 404 00:32:55,720 --> 00:32:57,720 I have the upper hand. 405 00:33:00,720 --> 00:33:04,720 A lot of those doubts and uncertainty begin to melt. 406 00:33:04,720 --> 00:33:06,720 Tell me your name! 407 00:33:09,720 --> 00:33:12,720 Here all these voices are just kind of whirling around. 408 00:33:13,720 --> 00:33:15,720 Tell me your name! 409 00:33:19,720 --> 00:33:21,720 They're leaving. They're departing. 410 00:33:23,720 --> 00:33:25,720 Tell me your name! 411 00:33:25,720 --> 00:33:27,720 I realize this is something I can do. 412 00:33:28,720 --> 00:33:31,720 Tell me your name! 413 00:33:33,720 --> 00:33:37,720 But there's one voice that continues to remade. 414 00:33:42,720 --> 00:33:44,720 Tell me your name! 415 00:33:45,720 --> 00:33:47,720 I knew that I made a mistake. 416 00:33:47,720 --> 00:33:49,720 Father Carmine had warned me. 417 00:33:49,720 --> 00:33:51,720 If you ever do an exorcism 418 00:33:51,720 --> 00:33:53,720 and you start thinking to yourself, 419 00:33:53,720 --> 00:33:56,720 wow, look at what you're doing. 420 00:33:56,720 --> 00:33:59,720 Look at the powers that you have over the demons. 421 00:34:00,720 --> 00:34:02,720 You're in trouble. 422 00:34:03,720 --> 00:34:07,720 As a human, you don't have the power or the ability 423 00:34:07,720 --> 00:34:11,720 to go up against a fallen angel on your own. 424 00:34:12,720 --> 00:34:15,720 It's the power of God working through you. 425 00:34:17,720 --> 00:34:20,720 Just stop. 426 00:34:28,720 --> 00:34:31,720 Here, therefore, be a Satan of enemy of faith. 427 00:34:31,720 --> 00:34:34,720 I continue to pray and allow the firm voice. 428 00:34:34,720 --> 00:34:36,720 Why do you stand and resist when you know 429 00:34:36,720 --> 00:34:39,720 that Christ the Lord has destroyed your wicked ways? 430 00:34:40,720 --> 00:34:43,720 I'm at the point in this exorcism 431 00:34:43,720 --> 00:34:46,720 where I want this final demon to reveal itself. 432 00:34:46,720 --> 00:34:49,720 Tell me your name! 433 00:34:49,720 --> 00:34:53,720 And the demon is this resisting incredibly. 434 00:34:57,720 --> 00:35:00,720 I'm repeating over and over again. 435 00:35:00,720 --> 00:35:02,720 Tell me your name! 436 00:35:02,720 --> 00:35:04,720 Tell me your name! 437 00:35:04,720 --> 00:35:06,720 Tell me your name! 438 00:35:06,720 --> 00:35:09,720 The power and the authority of the name of Jesus Christ. 439 00:35:09,720 --> 00:35:13,720 Tell me your name! 440 00:35:24,720 --> 00:35:28,720 Deviate an enormous demon of God's will. 441 00:35:30,720 --> 00:35:32,720 This is a big deal. 442 00:35:32,720 --> 00:35:35,720 The Great Sea Demon at the Book of Revelation. 443 00:35:37,720 --> 00:35:40,720 What am I going to do? 444 00:35:47,720 --> 00:35:50,720 But I realize that it's me. 445 00:35:50,720 --> 00:35:52,720 Here's the demon. There is no one else. 446 00:35:52,720 --> 00:35:55,720 This is a situation that I have to deal with. 447 00:35:55,720 --> 00:35:58,720 I abjure you, ancient serpent. 448 00:35:58,720 --> 00:36:01,720 The later you depart, the greater your punishment grows. 449 00:36:02,720 --> 00:36:05,720 I will not live. 450 00:36:06,720 --> 00:36:08,720 I have a right to be here. 451 00:36:08,720 --> 00:36:12,720 Why was it invested? 452 00:36:12,720 --> 00:36:15,720 This is true. The demon was invited in. 453 00:36:15,720 --> 00:36:18,720 This is what this woman told me. 454 00:36:18,720 --> 00:36:21,720 I'm running out of options. 455 00:36:21,720 --> 00:36:24,720 How do I take control of this? 456 00:36:24,720 --> 00:36:27,720 I picked up Father Ryan's stole. 457 00:36:30,720 --> 00:36:33,720 The demon shrieks that it burns. 458 00:36:34,720 --> 00:36:37,720 She's thrashing around. 459 00:36:37,720 --> 00:36:40,720 She's hand flying everywhere. 460 00:36:44,720 --> 00:36:48,720 The woman jumped up out of the chair and she ran out of the room. 461 00:36:49,720 --> 00:36:53,720 Me and this other priest go out to grab her 462 00:36:53,720 --> 00:36:56,720 and bring her back into the room. 463 00:37:03,720 --> 00:37:07,720 Obviously this demon was going to use every opportunity 464 00:37:07,720 --> 00:37:11,720 not to have to leave but to stay in this woman. 465 00:37:11,720 --> 00:37:14,720 I just felt so inadequate for the task at hand. 466 00:37:41,720 --> 00:37:44,720 I'm not going to leave. 467 00:37:59,720 --> 00:38:02,720 In the back of my mind I'm thinking, can I run away? 468 00:38:04,720 --> 00:38:07,720 But something very profound had changed within me. 469 00:38:07,720 --> 00:38:11,720 I can't just walk away from this situation now. 470 00:38:37,720 --> 00:38:40,720 I'm going to run away. 471 00:39:07,720 --> 00:39:11,720 Even though I'm scared and shaking, 472 00:39:11,720 --> 00:39:15,720 there's a certain sense of confidence that's building up in me. 473 00:39:15,720 --> 00:39:18,720 It's like God has taken over me. 474 00:39:23,720 --> 00:39:26,720 The demons beginning to recoil. 475 00:39:26,720 --> 00:39:28,720 Get out! 476 00:39:28,720 --> 00:39:30,720 Get out! 477 00:39:30,720 --> 00:39:32,720 Get out! 478 00:39:32,720 --> 00:39:34,720 Get out! 479 00:39:34,720 --> 00:39:38,720 In the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, get out! 480 00:39:38,720 --> 00:39:40,720 And then I say to the demon, 481 00:39:40,720 --> 00:39:42,720 as a sign that you're going to depart, 482 00:39:42,720 --> 00:39:46,720 I command you, repeat these words after me. 483 00:39:46,720 --> 00:39:48,720 And then get out. 484 00:39:48,720 --> 00:39:50,720 Hail Mary full of grace. 485 00:39:50,720 --> 00:39:53,720 Hail Mary full of grace. 486 00:39:53,720 --> 00:39:55,720 Hail Mary full of grace. 487 00:39:55,720 --> 00:39:58,720 Hail Mary full of grace. 488 00:39:58,720 --> 00:40:01,720 Hail Mary full of grace. 489 00:40:01,720 --> 00:40:04,720 Hail Mary full of grace. 490 00:40:14,720 --> 00:40:17,720 Grace of full. 491 00:40:17,720 --> 00:40:20,720 Jumling those words, the demon was mocking me. 492 00:40:20,720 --> 00:40:23,720 Grace of full, man. 493 00:40:23,720 --> 00:40:26,720 He was mocking the church. 494 00:40:26,720 --> 00:40:29,720 It still had the upper hand. 495 00:40:29,720 --> 00:40:32,720 My mind was racing with a million thoughts. 496 00:40:32,720 --> 00:40:37,720 Aquatur de Tremon, non la test. 497 00:40:37,720 --> 00:40:39,720 I was conflicted. 498 00:40:39,720 --> 00:40:43,720 Tantumoto de la essi. 499 00:40:44,720 --> 00:40:47,720 Could I really do this? 500 00:40:48,720 --> 00:40:51,720 Stay focused on what you are called to do. 501 00:40:51,720 --> 00:40:55,720 He'll acknowledge this day. 502 00:40:55,720 --> 00:41:00,720 Demons, I don't believe anything that they tell you. 503 00:41:00,720 --> 00:41:01,720 No. 504 00:41:01,720 --> 00:41:04,720 Say the words in the manner I've ordered you to say them, 505 00:41:04,720 --> 00:41:06,720 and then get out. 506 00:41:06,720 --> 00:41:10,720 I eat Hail Mary full of grace. 507 00:41:12,720 --> 00:41:16,720 Hail Mary full of grace. 508 00:41:16,720 --> 00:41:19,720 Repeat the words in the manner I've ordered, 509 00:41:19,720 --> 00:41:22,720 and then get out. 510 00:41:25,720 --> 00:41:32,720 Hail Mary full of grace. 511 00:41:38,720 --> 00:41:40,720 Amen. 512 00:41:46,720 --> 00:41:48,720 I'm exhausted. 513 00:41:48,720 --> 00:41:50,720 I'm worn out. 514 00:41:50,720 --> 00:41:54,720 There's a great sense of relief. 515 00:41:54,720 --> 00:41:57,720 I knew at that moment that a battle that had gone on 516 00:41:57,720 --> 00:42:02,720 for 15 years in this woman's life was now completely over. 517 00:42:10,720 --> 00:42:12,720 Something had changed within me. 518 00:42:12,720 --> 00:42:14,720 Changed forever. 519 00:42:14,720 --> 00:42:17,720 There is no sense of normalcy anymore, 520 00:42:17,720 --> 00:42:20,720 because after what I just experienced, 521 00:42:20,720 --> 00:42:22,720 life will never be the same. 522 00:42:22,720 --> 00:42:26,720 I knew that I was an exorcist.