The special – titled “Exorcism: Live!” – will take place in the very same St. Louis home that inspired the 1973 horror film, “The Exorcist”, after a young boy named Ronald Doe was allegedly possessed 66 years ago.
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So he joined “Exorcism: Live!” and will be on hand to: (a) keep everyone as safe as possible, and (b) perform a minor rite of exorcism, trying to force the evil entity in the house to manifest itself so the team can get rid of it. Long said he had spoken to Coffey, the psychic, who checked out the house in advance to see whether it was haunted. The two-hour telecast tasks a clergyman, a psychic and the team from the network’s “Ghost Asylum” to go into the spooky suburban St. Louis home that helped inspire “The Exorcist” book and movie. The bulk of the show will be a seance to try to communicate with spirits in the house and an effort to try to extricate them.
Most Reverend Robert J. Carlson, archbishop of St. Louis, has not granted the necessary permissions – known as “faculties” – to any priests or bishops for the goal of this televised event.
“No exorcism can take place without the authority of the local Roman Catholic ordinary”, said auxiliary bishop emeritus Robert Hermann.
The broadcast of a purported exorcism for entertainment purposes “trivializes the ancient rite”.
Hermann ended his statement with a chilling warning for the Exorcism: Live! participants. Exorcism is serious business, ‘ he told KSDK.
“We can not play games with Satan and expect to win”.
“My faith tells me that maybe not this per-say, but that whole theory of satanism is real”, Edwards said.
Without that confirmation from Coffey and other psychics that something creepy remains there, Tovay said that Destination America wouldn’t go to the house. He is the founder of the Kentucky-based Paranormal Clergy Institute, which assists homeowners who think that their house has a demonic infestation. However, the large group of phantom fanatics might not find any spirits to chase.
Ghost-hunters claim that the actual St. Louis, Mo., area house where Roland Doe was treated by a Jesuit priest is still possessed by demons.
Another famous feature of exorcism movies is how the victims of demonic passion behave – from vomiting, uttering obscenities and doing odd things with crucifixes.
Still, “The Exorcist” story is one of the most frightening she’s ever heard and just retelling that should provide a few chills.
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The story begins in Maryland in 1949 with 14-year-old Roland Doe, according to Destination America. A family member gave him a Spirit Board to play with, and odd things began happening after he tried to contact the spirit world – the Jesus picture on his wall started shaking, and unexplained scratch marks appeared on his body.
