Interview With An Exorcist

This week, we talked to Father Vincent Lampert, official exorcist for the Archdiocese of Indianapolis.

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The conviction that demons exist, and that they exist to harass, derange, and smite human beings stretches back as far as religion itself.

This week on the Ripley’s Believe It or Notcast, Brent and Ryan talk to Father Vincent Lampert, a Catholic priest and the official exorcist for the Archdiocese of Indianapolis. Father Lampert trained under long-time Italian exorcist, Father Carmine de Filippis, assisting in over 40 exorcisms.

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