Church Members Try To Exorcise Teen's "Gay Demon"

CNN's Ali Velshi discusses this clip showing Bridgeport, Connecticut's Manifested Glory Ministries Church members attempting to exorcise the demons of homosexuality from a teenager. The pastor explains the actions of the members to Mr. Velshi, claiming that they are not anti-gay, but believe that gays are possessed by "spirits", as are alcoholics, for example. "Everything carries a spirit," she says. The teen in the video has been identified as 16 years old. According to CNN, a youth advocate who has worked with him says "she doesn't think the church acted maliciously -- but that's part of her problem with the video. "None of the people in this video were intending to hurt this kid," she said. "They performed this ritual in an attempt to rid him of feelings that he didn't want to have." She also said he is the fifth teenager who has tried such radical measures to deal with conflicting feelings, although not all the teens asked religious organizations to assist them. During the CNN interview, the pastor says the teen is "doing much better." Here's reaction from viewers.

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I don't usually plug websites but I've been obsessed with the idea of Exorcisms lately. There's a cool short video at this Baxter King's Creepy website. It freaks me out. Kinf o fits with the exorcism thing in this post! :)