Jeremy Davies (exorcist)

Jeremy Davies (exorcist)

Father Jeremy Davies (born 1935) an English Roman Catholic Parish Priest of Old Hall Green, is a former doctor and is also a leading exorcist.

He studied English Literature at St Edmund Hall, Oxford and studied Medicine at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, London. He graduated with a medical degree in 1967, then worked in Mission Hospitals in Guyana, Nigeria and Ghana. He was ordained as a Catholic priest in 1974.

Father Davies was appointed exorcist of the Westminster Archdiocese, in Great Britain in 1986. He spent four months in Rome in apprenticeship and has been conducting exorcisms ever since. [ [http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/aug/08081506.html LifeSiteNews.com, "Westminster Exorcist Says Promiscuity can Lead to Demonic Possession", Hilary White, August 15, 2008] ]

In 1993 he co-founded, along with Father Gabriele Amorth and four others, the International Association of Exorcists which now has hundreds of members worldwide. [LifeSiteNews.com, "Westminster Exorcist Says Promiscuity can Lead to Demonic Possession", Hilary White, August 15, 2008] [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/728180.stm BBC News, "Exorcism enters a new age", April 27, 2000] ]

His book, "Exorcism: Understanding Exorcism in Scripture and Practice" was published in 2008 by the Catholic Truth Society. In the book he warns against the New Age, the occult, promiscuity, homosexuality and pornography saying that involvement in these things can lead to dire spiritual consequences. [LifeSiteNews.com, "Westminster Exorcist Says Promiscuity can Lead to Demonic Possession", Hilary White, August 15, 2008]

Quote

* On exorcisms: "There are people in need and the Church is dealing with the problem more effectively." [BBC News, "Exorcism enters a new age", April 27, 2000]

External links

* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/728180.stm Exorcism Enters a New Age]
* [http://www.psychopathology.co.uk/2001/davies.php Spiritual and Medical Discernment: Should Possession be Treated by a Doctor or a Priest?]
* [http://www.catholiceducation.org/articles/religion/re0418.html Exorcisms On the Rise]


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