Talk:Gabriele Amorth

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[edit] Number of Exorcisms

At 17:05, 15 September 2005, an anonymous user at IP address [[User:128.231.88.4|128.231.88.4] entered the following in the text of the article:

"So, 30,000 exorcisms in 20 years...wow..that ammounts to 4 exorcisms per day continually during the last 20 years...and no wikipedian challenges this ridiculous number...what demonstrates that wikipedia sucks!!! anyway...have a good day..."

His approach is hostile and it was promptly removed, However, he did the math and got it right. Average 4 a day seven days a week, no breaks. Any comments? -WCFrancis 22:25, 22 September 2005 (UTC)

Yeah, his first book states that he has performed over 30,000 exorcisms. That is Father Amorth's claim. Where are you getting this four a day business? How can the math be correct when you don't even know how many people he sees in a day? Have you read his book? He describes them as not hours and hours a day on one person but talks about appointments and it sounds like he goes through more than four people a day. Driving out the Devil

Dwain 20:12, 23 September 2005 (UTC)

The math is simple...he's been an exorcist since 1986, that's 20 years...30,000 exorcisms in 20 years is 1500 per year, giving an average of about 4 per day. That does seem like a lot to me...I didn't imagine exorcisms were so routine.

There are some rites in Catholicism that can be done for large groups at once; blessings are the most common, but I vaguely recall going to a mass annointing of the sick when my great aunt was seriously ill. The article on exorcism would suggest this shouldn't be the case for this rite under canon law, but it may be wrong, or the rules may have changed since Amorth started. He may not always have done them one at a time.

That said, I feel compelled to give my (unsubstantiated) opinion: he sounds like a real whack job. Abb3w 16:04, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

This is a perfect example of how Satan works! Dwain 16:57, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Official exorcist

All exorcists who are priests are official. No priest can made an exorcism without the permission of Vatican, except in particular situations. --Ilario 12:10, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

Not every archdiocese has an exorcist. In those cases when one is needed an available priest may be granted permission to perform an exorcism. When it says "official exorcist" in the article it is refering to the fact that he was officially made the exorcist of Rome. I do not see any problems with how it is written. Dwain 21:34, 19 January 2006 (UTC)