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  Demonologists Dispute "Satanic" Influence in the Vatican

CathNews
March 5, 2010

http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=19772



Noted Italian exorcist Father Gabriele Amorth has declared in a book of memoirs that some Vatican clergy were members of "Satanic sects", but a second demonologist has questioned the source of Fr Amorth's information.

The book, Father Amorth. Memoirs of an Exorcist. My life fighting against Satan, was written by Marco Tosatti, who compiled it from interviews with the priest, said the Catholic News Agency.

Fr Amorth was asked by Tosatti how he knows Vatican clergy are involved. He answered, "I know from those who have been able to relate it to me because they had a way of knowing directly. And it's something 'confessed' most times by the very demon under obedience during the exorcisms."

The famous Italian exorcist was also asked if the Pope was aware of Satanic sects in the Vatican, to which Fr Amorth replied, "Of course, he was informed. But he does what he can. It's a horrifying thing."

The disputing demonology specialist, Father Jose Antonio Fortea Cucurull, said in his blog that some prelates "are more spiritual and others more earthly, some more virtuous and others more human ... from there to affirm that some cardinals are members of Satanic sects is an unacceptable distance", the news report said.

Fr Cucurull said the sources of information used by Fr Amorth, include people who claim to have had visions, revelations and messages from God, among whom "a certain number offer apocalyptic messages and revelations about the infiltration of Satanism and the Masons within the dome of the Church."

He said the only acceptable stance is to suspend judgment of the messages while they are subjected to time-intensive discernment.

A second source cited by Fr Amorth, said Fr Fortea, is the demons who are being exorcised, the Catholic News Agency report adds.

Of this, the Spanish priest wrote that knowing whether or not the demon is telling the truth "is in many cases impossible."

 
 

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