An Evening with an Exorcist

Most people know Fr. Thomas J. Euteneuer from his work as president of Human Life International. But what a lot of people don't realize, Fr. Euteneuer has also been involved with several exorcisms over the last 5 years. Yes, exorcisms. Despite what many people have tried to claim, within as well as outside the Catholic Church, Satan & demons are real & all Catholics are required to believe in their existance. They are fallen angels & are powerful. But they are also created beings & thus not as powerful as God.

Given the demonic roots of abortion, Fr. Euteneuer's involvement doesn't surprize me. In fact, it makes lots of sense.

On 21 October 2007, Fr. Euteneuer gave a talk in Rosedale, MD at the Church of the Annunciation. The talk was sponsored by Friends in Faith. It was billed as "a talk on Exorcism and Spiritual Warfare". Fr. Euteneuer "talked about how demons target their victims and how an exorcism takes place."

He "said he’s been involved in exorcisms for nearly five years and has performed three or four that expelled demons as well as several deliverances, which use prayer teams for people who aren’t fully possessed." & that "he is investigating three current cases of possession."

“The church does not have a magic wand they wave … exorcism and its deliverance from evil is a process.”

"Demons tempt and persecute people, he said, but if they get inside the person, that’s obsession; when the devil has complete control over the person, that’s possession. “If you live in a state of grace, you have no problem with the devil getting in you,” Father Euteneuer said. “I don’t want people to think because the devil is so powerful there’s a demon around every corner.”

But people unwittingly invite a demon in, through an Ouija board, a séance or “New Age stuff,” he said, adding, “if you live a life of totally unrepentant mortal sin for a length of time, that’s an invitation.” People who are victimized can be targeted because of their vulnerability, and demons also prey on people not in a state of grace who have contact with someone practicing the occult.

Sometimes God allows the possession, and he cited an example of an exorcism in Germany that ultimately increased faith and spirituality there.

Before an exorcism is considered, doctors must rule out physical causes or mental illness. He detailed the case of an 18-year-old who initially was diagnosed with schizophrenia, but no drug could stabilize him, and when asked to read the Bible, he read it in a language that he didn’t speak.

Speaking a language the person doesn’t know is a classic sign of possession; others include knowledge of things or events they couldn’t possibly know, being told what to do by beings and a failure to respond to all forms of medical treatment.

If an exorcism is warranted, it must be approved by the bishop; Father Euteneuer estimated only about 5 percent of all cases investigated are strictly demonic possession."

After the talk there was a Q & A period that saw a wide range of questions about the topic. In fact it even went on informally during the time afterwords for refreshments.

There was 1 questioner he cut off. Describing herself as a paranormal researcher, she was totally dressed in black, including thick eyeliner & black fingernails. "“Let me encourage you to stop doing this – this kind of fascination is not normal,” he told her. When she tried to continue, he said, “I reiterate my request that you get out of this completely because this can seduce you.”"

The overall response by those attending was positive.

(Source: Exorcist fascinates audience with demonic details, The Catholic Review)