Inside The Horrifying World of Gay Exorcisms

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Stringfellow himself was subject to such an exorcism when he was in college and was still closeted.


“I was trying to get rid of my same-sex attractions,” he told me. “The person at the altar yelled so everyone could hear: ‘Demon of homosexuality! Come out of this young man!’ And he smacked me on my forehead to ‘slay me in the spirit.’ A friend had to get me up from the altar, pick me up, and get me back to my seat, because I was absolutely mortified. My secret had now been announced, proclaimed, to all of these individuals.”

Compared with other known gay exorcisms, Stringfellow’s experience was relatively peaceful. In 2009, Manifested Glory Ministries released a horrifying video that purported to show the exorcism of a gay 16-year-old boy. In the clip, parishioners scream at the boy and hold him on the ground as he writhes around in apparent agony and then vomits. Manifested Glory defended the exorcism, stating that the boy “was dressing like a woman and everything” and that “we believe a man should be with a woman and a woman should be with a man.” Numerous other survivors of exorcisms have come forward to tell similar horror stories.

http://www.slate.com/blogs/outward/2014/05/16/gay_exorcisms_are_horrifying.html?wpisrc=burger_bar

Homophobia and delusional beliefs in demonic possession. What could possibly go wrong?"