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Authority for the rite of Exorcism	Lessly	Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Question: Greetings to you Bro. The rite to peroform exorcism is given only to priest or has the church now given permission to lay people (those who have the gift of deliverance) through the local bishop to perform these exorcism rites.
Question Answered by Bro. Ignatius Mary, OMSM(r) Dear Lessly: The Rite of Exorcism can be performed only by a priest, and only with permission of a bishop, upon those who have been determined possessed. This restriction is codified in Canon Law 1172. Deliverance Counseling, which is a prayer form performed on those with lessor forms of demonization, can be done by anyone according to Mark 16:15-18. It is not prudent, however, for a person to pray over others, and certainly not have an apostolate in deliverance, unless they are trained by competent and experienced Deliverance Counselors. Even those whom believe they have a "gift of Deliverance" ought not do it unless trained. There is a lot more to deliverance than just praying deliverance prayers. Our training program, offered by the St. Michael Academy on Spiritual Warfare and Deliverance Counseling, is the most extensive of any other in the world. It takes 3-5 years to go through our training program. God Bless, Bro. Ignatius Mary For information on how to receive help see our Help page. We suggest that before contacting us directly for help you try the Seven Steps to Self-Deliverance. These self-help steps will often resolve the problem. Also our Spiritual Warfare Prayer Catalog contains many prayers that may be helpful. If needed you can ask for a Personal Consultation.

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Authority for the rite of Exorcism

Lessly

Tuesday, January 15, 2013

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Greetings to you Bro.

The rite to peroform exorcism is given only to priest or has the church now given permission to lay people (those who have the gift of deliverance) through the local bishop to perform these exorcism rites.

Question Answered by Bro. Ignatius Mary, OMSM(r)

Dear Lessly:

The Rite of Exorcism can be performed only by a priest, and only with permission of a bishop, upon those who have been determined possessed. This restriction is codified in Canon Law 1172.

Deliverance Counseling, which is a prayer form performed on those with lessor forms of demonization, can be done by anyone according to Mark 16:15-18. It is not prudent, however, for a person to pray over others, and certainly not have an apostolate in deliverance, unless they are trained by competent and experienced Deliverance Counselors.

Even those whom believe they have a "gift of Deliverance" ought not do it unless trained. There is a lot more to deliverance than just praying deliverance prayers. Our training program, offered by the St. Michael Academy on Spiritual Warfare and Deliverance Counseling, is the most extensive of any other in the world. It takes 3-5 years to go through our training program.

God Bless,
Bro. Ignatius Mary

For information on how to receive help see our Help page. We suggest that before contacting us directly for help you try the Seven Steps to Self-Deliverance. These self-help steps will often resolve the problem. Also our Spiritual Warfare Prayer Catalog contains many prayers that may be helpful. If needed you can ask for a Personal Consultation.