Dear Omar,

This is Joe Meineke.  Brother asked me to answer this question since, believe it or not, I actually started out in my 'formal' public ministry working with Lou.  You see, way back then, I felt the calling to the ministry of Spiritual Warfare but really didn't know who to turn to.  As a result, I contacted Lou (who claims to be Catholic) in a chat room while listening to his internet broadcast.  Lou taught me some things about paranormal investigation and demonology, and I worked my first case as a result of someone contacting Lou and then him putting me in touch with the client.

It wasn't long, however - maybe a year, I don't remember - before I started to have some problems with the approach that Lou was taking.  Lou was taught his methods by Ed & Lorraine Warren, and as I would later learn, Ed and Lorraine have done a tremendous amount of damage to the true field of Catholic demonology and deliverance ministry. 

To give a little background, Ed and Lorraine were the famous investigators in the controversial Amityville Horror case.  Ed & Lorraine worked with - and endorsed - dubious figures such as Malachi Martin (a laicized priest) and the schismatic Bishop Robert McKenna.  They were also known to use the dangerous practice of 'religious provocation,' seances and psychic mediums and channelers (Lorraine was/is a self-proclaimed psychic and light-trance medium). 

In addition to these types of occult practices and relationships with clergymen who were not in communion with Holy Mother Church, they were solely responsible for teaching many current and promenant investigators (Lou being one of them) a strange set of teachings and ideas that are nothing more than a marriage of Catholic Angelology and Demonology with New Age (and sometimes Eastern Religious) practices and beliefs such as, "all religions lead to God," "Wicca is basically a good religion" (the 'Old Religion,' as Lorraine was in the habbit of saying) and even belief in reincarnation.  All of these things are in direct contradiction to Catholic teaching, and all are condemned by the Church.

So, with Ed and Lorraine as his teacher, Lou has set out to self-promote himself and his 'ministry.'  Lou's primary focus for at least the last several years has been to try to make a name for himself on the internet and on radio broadcasts.  I learned recently that the FCC has fined Lou $10,000 dollars for illegaly broadcasting on the FM band out of his home in Pensylvania

I believe Lou started out in this ministry for the right reasons, but I am quite sure that I cannot say that about him now.  There used to be a time when his radio broadcasts were focused solely on giving out information that would help people who were experiencing violent hauntings and other types of demonic harrassments.  However, later on in his push to make a name for himself and to try to achieve a carreer in radio, his broadcasts became, at best, less than helpful and at worst, outright damaging.  Instead, his focus shifted toward being more entertaining in an 'Art Bell' type of way.

I hope that this was helpful.

God bless you,

Joe Meineke