Raymond J. Bishop
Raymond J. Bishop (January 15, 1906 – February 1978) was a Catholic priest. He became one of the several priests involved in the case of exorcising a boy in Maryland, who allegedly was possessed after using a Ouija board. The case inspired author William Peter Blatty to write his novel The Exorcist in 1971.[1]
Life[]
In 1949, Father Bishop taught at St. Louis University, where one of his female students asked for help concerning her 13-year-old cousin (for reasons of anonymity referred to by the pseudonym Robbie Mannheim), who she said had been experiencing supernatural attacks after playing with a Ouija board and had gone through one unsuccessful exorcism. Bishop contacted his close friend, Father William S. Bowdern, and they performed another exorcism on the boy.[2][3]
In the 1950s, Bishop was sent to Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska, where he taught for more than 20 years. He died in February 1978 in Nebraska.[citation needed]
References[]
- ^ Bishop, Raymond J.; Saint Booth, Christopher (2015). The Exorcist Diary: The True Story. Spooked TV Publications. ISBN 0692536698.
- ^ Taylor, Troy (2006). The Devil Came to St. Louis: The True Story of the 1949 Exorcism. Whitechapel Productions Press. ISBN 9781892523464.
- ^ LaChance, Steven A. (2017). Confrontation with Evil: An In-Depth Review of the 1949 Possession that Inspired The Exorcist. Llewellyn Worldwide. ISBN 9780738751924.
- 1906 births
- 1978 deaths
- Catholic exorcists
- Saint Louis University faculty
- Creighton University faculty
- 20th-century American Roman Catholic priests
- American exorcists