- Theophilus Riesinger
Theophilus Riesinger (
February 27 ,1868 -November 9 ,1941 ) aRoman Catholic priest who was born inGermany and later resided inMarathon, Wisconsin , in theUnited States .He was ordained on
May 29 ,1899 and later was an exorcist. In 1928, he traveled to aconvent inEarling, Iowa where he performed the Roman Catholic rite ofexorcism on a forty year old woman. After twenty-three days of exorcism Father Theophilus was fatigued. Two days beforeChristmas 1928, the demons were driven out and the woman cried, “My Jesus mercy. Praised beJesus Christ .”The incident was written up by Rev. Celestine Kapsner as "Begone Satan!" in 1935 and became a well known case. Father Riesinger himself wrote about the case in a 1934 book called "The Earling possession case;: An exposition of the exorcism of "Mary", a demoniac". Another book about the case is The Devil Rocked Her Cradle, by David St. Clair (Dell,1987).
External links
* [http://www.ewtn.com/library/NEWAGE/BEGONESA.HTM Begone Satan!]
* [http://www.booksforcatholics.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=B&Product_Code=1929291124&Category_Code= Roman Catholic Books]
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