Italian exorcist: Devil made NY Times attack Pope

Gee Maybe they will call for an Inquisition complete with “Malleus Maleficarum”  (The Hammer of Witches)

From Raw Story

http://rawstory.com/rs/2010/0402/italian-excorcist-devil-ny-times-attack-pope/

By Daniel Tencer
Friday, April 2nd, 2010 — 1:36 pm

A spate of recent news reports alleging cover-ups of child sex abuse by priests was “prompted” by Satan, says a prominent Italian exorcist.

Father Gabriele Amorth, the Vatican’s chief exorcist, told Italian media this week that a New York Times report alleging that Pope Benedict XVI ignored reports of sex abuse at a Wisconsin school for the deaf was the work of the Devil.

That story asserted that the Pope, then Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, ignored repeated warnings from bishops that a Wisconsin priest, Father Laurence Murphy, may have molested as many as 200 boys at a school for the deaf.

“There is no doubt about it. Because he is a marvelous Pope and worthy successor to John Paul II, it is clear that the Devil wants to ‘grab hold’ of him,” Amorth said, as quoted at the Catholic News Agency.

Father Amorth added that in instances of sexual abuse committed by some members of the clergy, the devil “uses” priests in order to cast blame upon the entire Church: “The devil wants the death of the Church because she is the mother of all the saints.”

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One Response to “Italian exorcist: Devil made NY Times attack Pope”

  1. Willow Arune Says:

    The Devil made me do it??? I’ve tried that a few times. NEver worked for me….


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