The exorcist running a hell of a business
A real-life exorcist in Colombia has boasted that demand is so high for his services that he performs ten services a week.
Hermes Cifuentes, who is also known as "Brother Hermes", performs an exorcism on Gisela Marulanda, 23, who claims to be possessed by spirits Photo: REUTERS/Jaime Saldarriaga
11:32AM BST 07 Sep 2012
It could be the melodramatic staging offered by Hermes Cifuentes, a Catholic priest, that is creating such demand.
Those claiming to be possessed by the Devil are smeared in dirt and surrounded by fire, limes and eggs. Dressed in white, they lie on the ground blindfolded surrounded by crucifixes and a ring of fire. For good measure their skin is smeared with m&d.
They lie between strips of green and white ribbon as Father Hermes chases the spirits away.
The white-robed Father Hemes, 51, said he now performs ten a week in La Cumbre and has carried out a total of 35,000 over the past two decades.
