- Lawrence Kenny
Father Lawrence Kenny (
August 19 ,1896 - January 1977) was aRoman Catholic Jesuit priest who was also an exorcist.He participated in the
exorcism , inSt. Louis, Missouri , of a thirteen year oldLutheran boy who became possessed after using aOuija board . This was the case on whichWilliam Peter Blatty based his novel "The Exorcist ". FatherWilliam S. Bowdern led the exorcism and fellow Jesuit priest FatherWalter Halloran also assisted.Father Kenny worked for years at St. Louis University where he was in charge of admissions for a time. He died in St. Louis, Missouri in January 1977.
External links
* [http://www.beliefnet.com/story/42/story_4274_1.html Movie 'Exorcist' Got It Right, Say Priests Who Cast Out Demons]
* [http://www.prairieghosts.com/exorcist.html The St.Louis Exorcism Case!The Story that Became the Exorcist!]Related Books
* Possessed: The True Story of an Exorcism, Thomas B. Allen, 1993, ISBN 0-553-47177-5
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