Dark Sacrament True Stories of Modern-Day Demon Possession and Exorcism

Name: Dark Sacrament True Stories of Modern-Day Demon Possession and Exorcism
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ISBN: 9780061238161

ISBN-10: 0061238163

ISBN-13: 9780061238161

Edition: 2007

Authors: Christina McKenna, David Kiely

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In The Dark Sacrament, co-authors David M. Kiely and Christina McKenna faithfully recount ten contemporary cases of demon possession, haunted houses, and exorcism, and profile the work of two living, active exorcists: Canon William Lendrum, a Protestant, and Father Ignatius McCarthy, a Roman Catholic. Kiely and McKenna conducted countless interviews with victims, families, witnesses, and clergy who assisted in performing multiple rites of exorcism. Many of the accounts are very recent and, in some cases, ongoing. Kiely and McKenna serve as trustworthy guides on this suspense-filled journey into the bizarre, offering concrete advice on how to avoid falling prey to the dark side. Exorcists…

Book details

List price: $25.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 10/9/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 432
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 1.430
Language: English

David M. Kiely's long career as a freelance writer has included biographies, short stories, crime novels, mysteries, and several works of nonfiction. When his spouse and coauthor, Christina McKenna, was eleven, a paranormal "visitor" tormented her home for six weeks. Only through the intervention of an exorcist could the spirit be expelled. The authors live in Rostrevor, Northern Ireland.



Important Note


Why This Book?


Introduction: Exorcism in Our Time



The Canon: Reverend William H. Lendrum


Heather: A Case of Ancestral Evil


The Housewife and the Demon Dubois


The Boy Who Communes with Demons


The Unquiet Spirit of Child Sarah


Little Lucy and the Phantom Family



The Monk: Father Ignatius McCarthy


The Pit Beneath the Hearthstone


Mr. Gant and the Neighbor from Hell


The Hessian Who Returned to Haunt


The Woman Who Left Her Body at Will


Devilry on the Dingle Peninsula



Exorcism and History



Prayer to Archangel Michael



St. Patrick's Breastplate or the Lorica of St. Patrick



Prayers of Exorcism


Select Bibliography


Reader's Notes


Acknowledgments


Index