Jeremy Davies (exorcist)

Father Jeremy Davies (born 1935) is an English Roman Catholic priest and a former physician.^[1] He is a leading exorcist and was co-founder of the International Association of Exorcists.

Early life[]

Davies studied English literature at St Edmund Hall, Oxford and studied medicine at St Bartholomew's Hospital, London. He graduated with a medical degree in 1967, then worked in Mission Hospitals in Guyana, Nigeria and Ghana.

Ordained ministry[]

Davies was ordained as a Roman Catholic priest in 1974. Father Davies was appointed exorcist of the Westminster Archdiocese, in Great Britain in 1987. He spent four months in apprenticeship^[when?] and has been conducting exorcisms ever since.^{[citation needed]}

In 1993, he co-founded, along with Father Gabriele Amorth and four others, the International Association of Exorcists which now has hundreds of members worldwide.^[2]

Quotes[]

• On exorcisms: "There are people in need and the Church is dealing with the problem more effectively."^[2]

References[]

External links[]

• Davies, Jeremy (2001). "Spiritual and Medical Discernment: Should Possession be Treated by a Doctor or a Priest?". Archived from the original on 8 July 2004. Retrieved 28 January 2009.
• Burnell, Paul (4–10 June 2000). "Exorcisms On the Rise". National Catholic Register. Retrieved 28 January 2009.

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