Weird News: Indiana Man Convicted on Abusive Exorcism
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Ah, the exorcism. This Old World standby ritual still rears its head today, often to relatively sensationalized headlines like the one below. Though in this instance, an Indian man's attempt at incorporating physical blows into the exorcism to drive the wickedness away reads more like an inquisition than an exorcism. Moreover, the exorcism was allegedly performed in an attempt to cure perceived evil resulting from a teen's autism, a bizarre misdiagnosis right out of the middle ages. While the jury may be out on whether or not physical bodies can be possessed by malevolent entities, the dark spirits in question are difficult to identify, and may lead to painful malpractice procedures from witch doctors poorly schooled in this spiritual psychotherapy.
