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February 20, 2007

Prison terms for fatal exorcism

From L.A. Times Wire Reports

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February 20, 2007

A Romanian priest who in 2005 led a days-long exorcism ritual for a young nun that ended with the woman's death was sentenced to 14 years in prison.

Maricica Irina Cornici, 23, had been chained to a cross and deprived of food and water.

Cornici believed that she heard the devil talking to her. She was treated for schizophrenia, but when she relapsed, Daniel Petru Corogeanu — a monk who served as the priest for the secluded Holy Trinity convent — and four other nuns tried exorcism.

One nun got eight years in prison and the other three got five years.

Posted by Perry at February 20, 2007 04:11 PM