Catholic Church's Top Exorcist Dies at 91; Priest Claimed to Send 160,000 Demons Back to Hell
http://www.christianpost.com/news/catholic-churchs-top-exorcist-dies-at-91-priest-claimed-to-send-160000-demons-back-to-hell-169715/...
Amorth, who headed the International Association of Exorcists, said in 2013 he would ask Pope Francis to allow all priests the right to do exorcisms without the church's approval. He explained that he was inspired to make the request after watching the pope perform what he insisted was an exorcism on a man "possessed by four demons" in St. Peter's Square.
An 84-page update of exorcism rites compiled in 1614 and drawn up in 1998 stipulates how Catholic priests trained as exorcists should operate. According to the guidelines established by the church, they have to follow a ritual known as "De exorcismis et supplicationibus quibusdam," or "Of exorcisms and certain supplications."
Amorth was also an outspoken critic of yoga and Harry Potter books and dismissed them as ungodly hobbies.
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And now he is meeting them for the second time, methinks! If God wanted that demon inside of that person, why would anyone try to remove it? 
"Amorth was also an outspoken critic of yoga and Harry Potter books and dismissed them as ungodly hobbies."
Funny that he thought stooping to criticize children's books was a good use of his time. He must have taken his calling as seriously as I take it (that is to say, not very).
Seriously.
when talking about things like demons or whatnot, that so very few believers ACTUALLY believe that stuff. That it's unfair to characterize religious belief based on such a tiny minority.
And then you've got the single largest Christian sect on the planet still believing and endorsing this stuff in the 21st century. Yeah, sure, just a tiny minority. 
