Theophilus Riesinger
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Rev. Theophilus Riesinger, O.M.
Theophilus Riesinger (February 27, 1868 - November 9, 1941) a Roman Catholic priest who was born in Germany and later resided in Marathon, Wisconsin.
He was ordained on May 29, 1899 and later was an exorcist. In 1928, he traveled to a convent in Earling, Iowa where he performed the Roman Catholic rite of exorcism on a forty year old woman. After twenty-three days of exorcism Father Theophilus was fatigued. Two days before Christmas 1928, the demons were driven out and the woman cried, “My Jesus mercy. Praised be Jesus Christ.”
The incident was written up by Rev. Celestine Kapsner as Begone Satan! in 1935 and became a well known case.
External links
- Begone Satan! (http://www.ewtn.com/library/NEWAGE/BEGONESA.HTM)
- The Possession: A woman possessed by four demons. (http://www.theweirdplace.com/sections.php?db=Paranormal&cat=Human&id=28)