Priest held after exorcism murder

[Azbubu]

A priest and members of his congregation have been arrested for killing a child in Humansdorp, Eastern Cape police said on Thursday.

Lt-Col Priscilla Naidu said the 22-year-old priest and four of his congregants were arrested on Wednesday.

Naidu said they killed the seven-year-old girl while conducting a violent exorcism a week ago.

“The parents and the church members felt that the child was demonised (possessed) and needed prayer,” said Naidu.

During the exorcism, they realised the girl needed medical attention and tried to take her to hospital, but she died on the way there.

A post mortem revealed that she had sustained internal injuries.

Naidu said that on the night of the girl's death, police found bruises on her body and had noted that her eyes were swollen.

“It is suspected that for that hour or two, the girl must have been pushed back and forth while she was being prayed for,” she said.

The five men arrested were expected to appear in the Humansdorp Magistrate's Court on Thursday. - Sapa

http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/priest-held-after-exorcism-murder-1.1180352

Makes you wonder who the real demons are...

 

[porchrat]

Demonic possession. Come on people this is the 21st century.

 

[VioAdmin]

...Science education is VERY important. It's time to take away the bibles and replace them with science books because this is getting out of hand.

Kill the priest and burn down the nearest churches, replace them with Science Schools. Just SCIENCE.

 

[JerryMungo]

Kill the priest and burn down the nearest churches, replace them with Science Schools. Just SCIENCE.

eish... *shakes head*

 

[DanH]

Epilepsy + lack of education = demonic possession

 

[daveza]

Lock the parents up as well.

 

[Jab]

Keep priests(pastors etc) away from our children.

 

[bubbatentoe]

yes Dan.
your insights are awe inspiring.

 

[copacetic]

Credulous nitwits, taking a life based on their widely supported bronze age beliefs.

Lovely.

 

[Devill]

Makes you wonder who the real demons are...

Very, just look at the people that did this to this girl.....

 

[Venomous]

hang them by their foreskins.

 

[hungrybeaver]

Bruises? Did they try punch the demon out of her?!

It's sad how lives are lost to this bs.

 

[zizo911]

This is very sad, but still very widely believed in especially among the youth

 

[daveza]

They should take any priest who preaches this nonsense and excommunicate them before another child is killed.

 

[FrankCastle]

...Science education is VERY important. It's time to take away the bibles and replace them with science books because this is getting out of hand.

Kill the priest and burn down the nearest churches, replace them with Science Schools. Just SCIENCE.

I find muti killings and baby rapes far more shocking.People need education not science.

 

[Ninja'd]

Demonic possession. Come on people this is the 21st century.

Everyone knows they're extinct.

 

[porchrat]

I find muti killings and baby rapes far more shocking.People need education not science.

They need a strong grounding in the real world. People need to stop basing the way they live and behave on superstition. While these are minority cases this is the sort of horrific act that living your life according to superstition can lead to.

The best way to give this grounding to people is through science (seriously can you think of another subject that does this as well as science does? I can't). Science should be compulsory at school for all children.

It is a terrible problem because while I don't want to tell people what to think and do I also don't want to see innocent people being killed in stupid rituals that could all have been avoided with a visit to your local medical centre.

Exorcisms belong with druids and leech treatments for syphilis.

 

[saffakanera]

...Science education is VERY important. It's time to take away the bibles and replace them with science books because this is getting out of hand.

Kill the priest and burn down the nearest churches, replace them with Science Schools. Just SCIENCE.

rofl

 

[saffakanera]

This thread is so unbelievably aweful... Pure Gold.