Sometimes, the demons cause him physical anguish. “In an exorcism, the demons are engulfed in a holy torture that we believe is worse than the fires of hell,” writes Rossetti. Monsignor Stephen Rossetti has written a new book about his 13 years of performing exorcisms around Washington, DC. Holding a crucifix six inches from her face, he cried out: “ Ecce crucem Domino: fugite partes adversae” - Latin for “Behold the Cross of the Lord: take flight, you hostile powers.”Īs he sprinkled the woman with holy water, her body began to spasm. The monsignor moved closer and made direct eye contact with the woman. “I had been commanding the demons to leave and the response was pretty clear: ‘No!’ ” “They were wagging finger at me and shaking head,” he recalled. 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 movies “The Exorcist” or the new “The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It.”īut, he firmly believes, he has regularly witnessed diabolical evil.Recalling one exorcism, Rossetti writes of demons manifesting themselves as he began to pray. The monsignor, who is also the president and founder of the St. “There are stunning things that happen that are not humanly possible,” he said. In it, Rossetti alleges he’s seen demons at work: doors banging, TVs turning on and off spontaneously, dogs howling uncontrollably, victims communicating in ancient languages they never learned - even spewing foreign objects like nuts and bolts. Demons, Possession, and the Modern-Day Battle Against Ancient Evil” (Sophia Institute Press). “I think this is going to get much worse before it gets better,” he said.Ī 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 “ Diary of an American Exorcist. The United States, wracked by discord and a moral crisis, is “demonically oppressed. Now based in the Washington, DC, diocese, he and his team perform up to 20 exorcisms each week, liberating people - and homes - from what he calls “demons and satanic evil.”Īnd, the 70-year-old told The Post, exorcisms have “grown exponentially” in the past decade or so. “This doesn’t usually happen but when it does, it is very startling - it is obviously demonic,” he said.īattling demonic forces is regular duty for Msgr Rossetti, a Catholic priest who worked in two parishes in the Diocese of Syracuse for five years. They looked, Rossetti said, precisely like the eyes of a hissing snake.īut the monsignor knew what it really was: The man’s altered appearance convinced him for a fact that the man was possessed by a demon.Īnother time, a man’s entire eyes turned jet black, recalled Rossetti. Mom of 3-year-old killed during church ‘exorcism’ posts smiling video, says ‘It is what it is’Īs 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. More family joins mom as suspects in 3-year-old’s horrific exorcism death Nancy Pelosi summons priests to exorcise home of evil spirits after hubby attack: report NC couple performed exorcism on child who later died from abuse: reports
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