Raymond J. Bishop

Father Raymond J. Bishop (January 15, 1906 - February 1978) was a Roman Catholic priest. He became one of the several priests involved in the case of exorcizing a boy from Maryland who was possessed after using a Ouija board. The case would inspire author William Peter Blatty to write a novel about exorcism, titled "The Exorcist".

In 1949, Father Bishop taught at St. Louis University where one of his female students asked for help concerning her thirteen year old cousin from Maryland who had been experiencing supernatural attacks after playing with a Ouija board and had already gone through one unsuccessful exorcism. He contacted a close friend Father William S. Bowdern and they eventually successfully exorcized the boy.

In the 1950s Father Bishop was sent to Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska where he taught for more than twenty years. He died in February 1978 in Nebraska.

External links

* [http://www.catholiceducation.org/articles/religion/re0137.html 'The Exorcist': The Story Behind the Movie]
* [http://www.strangemag.com/exorcistpage1.html The Haunted Boy of Cottage City by Mark Opsasnick] .
* [http://www.seattlecatholic.com/article_20021127_The_Reality_of_Evil.html The Reality of Evil]
* [http://www.prairieghosts.com/exorcist.html The Devil Came to St. Louis]