THE ARIZONA REPUBLICFatal end to exorcism attempt: man dies after struggle with police checking on girl's welfare
by Elias C. Arnold
July 29, 2007
"A 48-year-old Phoenix man whom authorities say was choking his 3-year-old granddaughter during an exorcism early Saturday died after struggling with police officers who went into the home to investigate, Phoenix police said.
"Police reportedly found Ronald Marquez, of Phoenix, shirtless and choking his granddaughter as her 19-year-old mother, naked and bloody, looked on. The bloodied girl was gasping and screaming as her mother chanted and held a religious picture of some kind, police said.
"It's very bizarre, (a) very unusual and pretty horrific situation this young child was involved in," said Sgt. Joel Tranter, a Phoenix police spokesman."
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"The man held the girl in a headlock with one arm as he was squeezing her torso with his other arm, causing her to gasp and scream, police said.
"Investigators later learned the man was trying to "squeeze the demons out of the young girl," Tranter said."
See also: Chicago Sun-Times, CBS News, Washington Post
~ BlogHer: Exorcism is a silly and apparently deadly religious ritual. Accounts of fatalities can be found here
Faiths opposing exorcism
In Sikhism, exorcism is not permitted and is seen as a violation of the Sikh Rehat Maryada (Code of Conduct), since Sikhs do not believe in demons, ghosts, or the sort. If a Sikh person were to be found practising exorcism, an ordained Ghiyanhi (priest) would have the power to strip that individual of any ties to the Sikh faith. This anti-exorcism stance separates Sikhism from what are viewed as the exorcism rituals of Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Taoism, and Shintoism.
Also, Jainism does not believe in exorcism.
Begin research ...A Bit of Exorcist History
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