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== Exorcism ==

== Exorcism ==

The boy then underwent an exorcism under auspices of the [[Episcopal Church in the United States of America|Anglican (Episcopal) Church]]. After this, the case was referred to Rev. Edward Hughes, a [[Roman Catholic]] priest, who, after examining the boy at St. James Church,<ref name="Terry D. Cooper, Cindy K. Epperson - Rev. Hughes">{{cite book|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=DXHqjYs3l5kC&pg=PA25&dq=Robbie++exorcism&lr=&cd=1#v=onepage&q=Robbie%20%20exorcism&f=false|title=Evil: Satan, Sin, and Psychology|quote= So Robbie and his parents went to St. James Church and met with Fr. Albert Hughes, a twenty-nine year old priest. After spending some time with Robbie, Fr. Hughes became convinced that there was something "evil" about the boy.|publisher =[[Paulist Press]]|accessdate = 2007-12-31}}</ref> conducted an [[exorcism]] on the fourteen-year-old boy at [[Georgetown University Hospital]], a [[Jesuit]] institution.<ref name="Emissary - Rev. Hughes">{{cite book|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=q469xc7mbksC&pg=PA69&dq=Walter+Halloran+exorcism+ouija&lr=&cd=13#v=onepage&q=Walter%20Halloran%20exorcism%20ouija&f=false| title = A Faraway Ancient Country|quote=The first exorcism was conducted by Father Albert Hughes at Georgetown University Hospital, a Jesuit institution. Within five minutes of beginning the ritual, the boy stabbed the priest, inflicting a wound that took stitches. Thus ended the initial attempt to rid the demon. The youth was released and sent home to be with his family. A few days later, the teenager began screaming hysterically while in the bathroom. The parents rushed into the room to find the words "St. Louis" written in blood upon the boy's chest. St. Louis was where the dead aunt had lived. The family then moved to St. Louis to stay with relatives. At this time, the case came before Father William Bowdern, pastor of St. Louis University - another Jesuit institution.|publisher = [[Lulu (company)|Lulu]]|accessdate = 2010-03-27}}</ref> During the exorcism, the boy inflicted a wound upon the pastor, costing him stitches; as a result, the exorcism ritual was stopped and the boy went home to be with his family.<ref name="Emissary - Rev. Hughes">{{cite book|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=q469xc7mbksC&pg=PA69&dq=Walter+Halloran+exorcism+ouija&lr=&cd=13#v=onepage&q=Walter%20Halloran%20exorcism%20ouija&f=false| title = A Faraway Ancient Country|quote=The first exorcism was conducted by Father Albert Hughes at Georgetown University Hospital, a Jesuit institution. Within five minutes of beginning the ritual, the boy stabbed the priest, inflicting a wound that took stitches. Thus ended the initial attempt to rid the demon. The youth was released and sent home to be with his family. A few days later, the teenager began screaming hysterically while in the bathroom. The parents rushed into the room to find the words "St. Louis" written in blood upon the boy's chest. St. Louis was where the dead aunt had lived. The family then moved to St. Louis to stay with relatives. At this time, the case came before Father William Bowdern, pastor of St. Louis University - another Jesuit institution.|publisher = [[Lulu (company)|Lulu]]|accessdate = 2010-03-27}}</ref> While Ronald Mannheim was in his house, he screamed as he and his family saw the words "St. Louis" written upon his chest in blood; this city was the place where his Aunt Harriet had died.<ref name="Sue Lim - Eleven Days">{{cite book|url =https://books.google.com/books?id=_ZH_CdJpxoUC&pg=PA98&dq=Phyllis+Mannheim&lr=&cd=2#v=onepage&q=Phyllis%20Mannheim&f=false|title= Good Spirits, Bad Spirits: How to Distinguish Between Them |quote= On January 26, eleven days after the first scratching sounds...Aunt Harriet died in St. Louis...Robbie, who seems to have been devastated by the death, went back to using the Ouija board.|publisher = Writers Club Press|accessdate = 2010-04-02}}</ref><ref name="Emissary - Rev. Hughes"/> The family then proceeded to take the [[train]] to St. Louis.<ref name="Terry D. Cooper, Cindy K. Epperson">{{cite book|url =https://books.google.com/books?id=DXHqjYs3l5kC&pg=PA25&dq=Robbie++exorcism&lr=&cd=1#v=onepage&q=Robbie%20%20exorcism&f=false|title= Evil: Satan, Sin, and Psychology |quote= The family, desperate at this point, got on a train and headed for St. Louis. Robbie and his parents stayed with their relatives. One of the relatives, Robbie's cousin, was a student at St. Louis university. She had seen so many strange things happen to Robbie that she decided to talk with one of her professors, Fr. Raymond Bishop, SJ. Having listened to her story, Fr. Bishop contacted the pastor of College Church, which is associated with the university. |publisher = [[Paulist Press]]|accessdate = 2010-04-02}}</ref> While they were in the city, Ronald's cousin contacted one of his professors at St. Louis University, [[Raymond J. Bishop|Rev. Raymond J. Bishop, SJ]], who in turn, spoke to [[William S. Bowdern|Rev. William S. Bowdern]], an associate of College Church.<ref name="Terry D. Cooper, Cindy K. Epperson">{{cite book|url =https://books.google.com/books?id=DXHqjYs3l5kC&pg=PA25&dq=Robbie++exorcism&lr=&cd=1#v=onepage&q=Robbie%20%20exorcism&f=false|title= Evil: Satan, Sin, and Psychology |quote= The family, desperate at this point, got on a train and headed for St. Louis. Robbie and his parents stayed with their relatives. One of the relatives, Robbie's cousin, was a student at St. Louis university. She had seen so many strange things happen to Robbie that she decided to talk with one of her professors, Fr. Raymond Bishop, SJ. Having listened to her story, Fr. Bishop contacted the pastor of College Church, which is associated with the university. |publisher = [[Paulist Press]]|accessdate = 2010-04-02}}</ref> Together, both priests visited Ronald in his relatives' home, where they noticed his aversion to anything [[sacred]], a shaking bed, flying objects, and Ronald speaking in a demoniacal voice.<ref name="Terry D. Cooper, Cindy K. Epperson - Visit">{{cite book|url =https://books.google.com/books?id=DXHqjYs3l5kC&pg=PA25&dq=Robbie++exorcism&lr=&cd=1#v=onepage&q=Robbie%20%20exorcism&f=false|title= Evil: Satan, Sin, and Psychology |quote= Together, Bishop and Bowdern visited Robbie at his relatives' home. His revulsion over things sacred, his bed shaking violently, and things flying across the room-these were some of the things that Bowdern and Bishop witnessed. The boy spoke in a deep guttural voice and had an uncanny ability to spit at great lengths and hit a priest in the eye. After a few contacts, the priests decided that they needed to talk with the archbishop about the possibility of an exorcism.|publisher = [[Paulist Press]]|accessdate = 2010-04-02}}</ref> In light of these observations, Rev. Bowdern sought permission from the [[archbishop]] to have the plaguing [[Christian demonology|demons]] cast out from the boy.<ref name="Terry D. Cooper, Cindy K. Epperson - Visit">{{cite book|url =https://books.google.com/books?id=DXHqjYs3l5kC&pg=PA25&dq=Robbie++exorcism&lr=&cd=1#v=onepage&q=Robbie%20%20exorcism&f=false|title= Evil: Satan, Sin, and Psychology |quote= Together, Bishop and Bowdern visited Robbie at his relatives' home. His revulsion over things sacred, his bed shaking violently, and things flying across the room-these were some of the things that Bowdern and Bishop witnessed. The boy spoke in a deep guttural voice and had an uncanny ability to spit at great lengths and hit a priest in the eye. After a few contacts, the priests decided that they needed to talk with the archbishop about the possibility of an exorcism.|publisher = [[Paulist Press]]|accessdate = 2010-04-02}}</ref> The archbishop approved the exorcism with three stipulations:<ref name="Terry D. Cooper, Cindy K. Epperson - Stipulations">{{cite book|url =https://books.google.com/books?id=DXHqjYs3l5kC&pg=PA25&dq=Robbie++exorcism&lr=&cd=1#v=onepage&q=Robbie%20%20exorcism&f=false|title= Evil: Satan, Sin, and Psychology |quote= First, Bowdern himself would conduct the exorcism ( a decision Bowdern had not anticipated and didn't really want). Second, a tedious diary would be kept concerning all the activities that would accompany the exorcism. And third, Bowdern was to tell no one what he was doing.|publisher = [[Paulist Press]]|accessdate = 2010-04-02}}</ref>  

The boy then underwent an exorcism under auspices of the [[Episcopal Church in the United States of America|Anglican (Episcopal) Church]]. After this, the case was referred to Rev. Edward Hughes, a [[Roman Catholic]] priest, who, after examining the boy at St. James Church,<ref name="Terry D. Cooper, Cindy K. Epperson - Rev. Hughes">{{cite book|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=DXHqjYs3l5kC&pg=PA25&dq=Robbie++exorcism&lr=&cd=1#v=onepage&q=Robbie%20%20exorcism&f=false|title=Evil: Satan, Sin, and Psychology|quote= So Robbie and his parents went to St. James Church and met with Fr. Albert Hughes, a twenty-nine year old priest. After spending some time with Robbie, Fr. Hughes became convinced that there was something "evil" about the boy.|publisher =[[Paulist Press]]|accessdate = 2007-12-31}}</ref> conducted an [[exorcism]] on the fourteen-year-old boy at Georgetown University Hospital, a [[Jesuit]] institution.<ref name="Emissary - Rev. Hughes">{{cite book|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=q469xc7mbksC&pg=PA69&dq=Walter+Halloran+exorcism+ouija&lr=&cd=13#v=onepage&q=Walter%20Halloran%20exorcism%20ouija&f=false| title = A Faraway Ancient Country|quote=The first exorcism was conducted by Father Albert Hughes at Georgetown University Hospital, a Jesuit institution. Within five minutes of beginning the ritual, the boy stabbed the priest, inflicting a wound that took stitches. Thus ended the initial attempt to rid the demon. The youth was released and sent home to be with his family. A few days later, the teenager began screaming hysterically while in the bathroom. The parents rushed into the room to find the words "St. Louis" written in blood upon the boy's chest. St. Louis was where the dead aunt had lived. The family then moved to St. Louis to stay with relatives. At this time, the case came before Father William Bowdern, pastor of St. Louis University - another Jesuit institution.|publisher = [[Lulu (company)|Lulu]]|accessdate = 2010-03-27}}</ref> During the exorcism, the boy inflicted a wound upon the pastor, costing him stitches; as a result, the exorcism ritual was stopped and the boy went home to be with his family.<ref name="Emissary - Rev. Hughes">{{cite book|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=q469xc7mbksC&pg=PA69&dq=Walter+Halloran+exorcism+ouija&lr=&cd=13#v=onepage&q=Walter%20Halloran%20exorcism%20ouija&f=false| title = A Faraway Ancient Country|quote=The first exorcism was conducted by Father Albert Hughes at Georgetown University Hospital, a Jesuit institution. Within five minutes of beginning the ritual, the boy stabbed the priest, inflicting a wound that took stitches. Thus ended the initial attempt to rid the demon. The youth was released and sent home to be with his family. A few days later, the teenager began screaming hysterically while in the bathroom. The parents rushed into the room to find the words "St. Louis" written in blood upon the boy's chest. St. Louis was where the dead aunt had lived. The family then moved to St. Louis to stay with relatives. At this time, the case came before Father William Bowdern, pastor of St. Louis University - another Jesuit institution.|publisher = [[Lulu (company)|Lulu]]|accessdate = 2010-03-27}}</ref> While Ronald Mannheim was in his house, he screamed as he and his family saw the words "St. Louis" written upon his chest in blood; this city was the place where his Aunt Harriet had died.<ref name="Sue Lim - Eleven Days">{{cite book|url =https://books.google.com/books?id=_ZH_CdJpxoUC&pg=PA98&dq=Phyllis+Mannheim&lr=&cd=2#v=onepage&q=Phyllis%20Mannheim&f=false|title= Good Spirits, Bad Spirits: How to Distinguish Between Them |quote= On January 26, eleven days after the first scratching sounds...Aunt Harriet died in St. Louis...Robbie, who seems to have been devastated by the death, went back to using the Ouija board.|publisher = Writers Club Press|accessdate = 2010-04-02}}</ref><ref name="Emissary - Rev. Hughes"/> The family then proceeded to take the [[train]] to St. Louis.<ref name="Terry D. Cooper, Cindy K. Epperson">{{cite book|url =https://books.google.com/books?id=DXHqjYs3l5kC&pg=PA25&dq=Robbie++exorcism&lr=&cd=1#v=onepage&q=Robbie%20%20exorcism&f=false|title= Evil: Satan, Sin, and Psychology |quote= The family, desperate at this point, got on a train and headed for St. Louis. Robbie and his parents stayed with their relatives. One of the relatives, Robbie's cousin, was a student at St. Louis university. She had seen so many strange things happen to Robbie that she decided to talk with one of her professors, Fr. Raymond Bishop, SJ. Having listened to her story, Fr. Bishop contacted the pastor of College Church, which is associated with the university. |publisher = [[Paulist Press]]|accessdate = 2010-04-02}}</ref> While they were in the city, Ronald's cousin contacted one of his professors at St. Louis University, Rev. Raymond J. Bishop, SJ, who in turn, spoke to Rev. William S. Bowdern, an associate of College Church.<ref name="Terry D. Cooper, Cindy K. Epperson">{{cite book|url =https://books.google.com/books?id=DXHqjYs3l5kC&pg=PA25&dq=Robbie++exorcism&lr=&cd=1#v=onepage&q=Robbie%20%20exorcism&f=false|title= Evil: Satan, Sin, and Psychology |quote= The family, desperate at this point, got on a train and headed for St. Louis. Robbie and his parents stayed with their relatives. One of the relatives, Robbie's cousin, was a student at St. Louis university. She had seen so many strange things happen to Robbie that she decided to talk with one of her professors, Fr. Raymond Bishop, SJ. Having listened to her story, Fr. Bishop contacted the pastor of College Church, which is associated with the university. |publisher = [[Paulist Press]]|accessdate = 2010-04-02}}</ref> Together, both priests visited Ronald in his relatives' home, where they noticed his aversion to anything [[sacred]], a shaking bed, flying objects, and Ronald speaking in a demoniacal voice.<ref name="Terry D. Cooper, Cindy K. Epperson - Visit">{{cite book|url =https://books.google.com/books?id=DXHqjYs3l5kC&pg=PA25&dq=Robbie++exorcism&lr=&cd=1#v=onepage&q=Robbie%20%20exorcism&f=false|title= Evil: Satan, Sin, and Psychology |quote= Together, Bishop and Bowdern visited Robbie at his relatives' home. His revulsion over things sacred, his bed shaking violently, and things flying across the room-these were some of the things that Bowdern and Bishop witnessed. The boy spoke in a deep guttural voice and had an uncanny ability to spit at great lengths and hit a priest in the eye. After a few contacts, the priests decided that they needed to talk with the archbishop about the possibility of an exorcism.|publisher = [[Paulist Press]]|accessdate = 2010-04-02}}</ref> In light of these observations, Rev. Bowdern sought permission from the [[archbishop]] to have the plaguing [[demon]]s cast out from the boy.<ref name="Terry D. Cooper, Cindy K. Epperson - Visit">{{cite book|url =https://books.google.com/books?id=DXHqjYs3l5kC&pg=PA25&dq=Robbie++exorcism&lr=&cd=1#v=onepage&q=Robbie%20%20exorcism&f=false|title= Evil: Satan, Sin, and Psychology |quote= Together, Bishop and Bowdern visited Robbie at his relatives' home. His revulsion over things sacred, his bed shaking violently, and things flying across the room-these were some of the things that Bowdern and Bishop witnessed. The boy spoke in a deep guttural voice and had an uncanny ability to spit at great lengths and hit a priest in the eye. After a few contacts, the priests decided that they needed to talk with the archbishop about the possibility of an exorcism.|publisher = [[Paulist Press]]|accessdate = 2010-04-02}}</ref> The archbishop approved the exorcism with three stipulations:<ref name="Terry D. Cooper, Cindy K. Epperson - Stipulations">{{cite book|url =https://books.google.com/books?id=DXHqjYs3l5kC&pg=PA25&dq=Robbie++exorcism&lr=&cd=1#v=onepage&q=Robbie%20%20exorcism&f=false|title= Evil: Satan, Sin, and Psychology |quote= First, Bowdern himself would conduct the exorcism ( a decision Bowdern had not anticipated and didn't really want). Second, a tedious diary would be kept concerning all the activities that would accompany the exorcism. And third, Bowdern was to tell no one what he was doing.|publisher = [[Paulist Press]]|accessdate = 2010-04-02}}</ref>  

#[[William S. Bowdern|Rev. William S. Bowdern]], would be in charge of performing the exorcism upon Ronald Hunkeler.<ref name="Terry D. Cooper, Cindy K. Epperson - Stipulations">{{cite book|url =https://books.google.com/books?id=DXHqjYs3l5kC&pg=PA25&dq=Robbie++exorcism&lr=&cd=1#v=onepage&q=Robbie%20%20exorcism&f=false|title= Evil: Satan, Sin, and Psychology |quote= First, Bowdern himself would conduct the exorcism ( a decision Bowdern had not anticipated and didn't really want). Second, a tedious diary would be kept concerning all the activities that would accompany the exorcism. And third, Bowdern was to tell no one what he was doing.|publisher = [[Paulist Press]]|accessdate = 2010-04-02}}</ref>  

#Rev. William S. Bowdern, would be in charge of performing the exorcism upon Ronald Hunkeler.<ref name="Terry D. Cooper, Cindy K. Epperson - Stipulations">{{cite book|url =https://books.google.com/books?id=DXHqjYs3l5kC&pg=PA25&dq=Robbie++exorcism&lr=&cd=1#v=onepage&q=Robbie%20%20exorcism&f=false|title= Evil: Satan, Sin, and Psychology |quote= First, Bowdern himself would conduct the exorcism ( a decision Bowdern had not anticipated and didn't really want). Second, a tedious diary would be kept concerning all the activities that would accompany the exorcism. And third, Bowdern was to tell no one what he was doing.|publisher = [[Paulist Press]]|accessdate = 2010-04-02}}</ref>  

#Rev. Bowdern was to keep a detailed diary of the [[deliverance ministry|deliverance]].<ref name="Terry D. Cooper, Cindy K. Epperson - Stipulations"/>   

#Rev. Bowdern was to keep a detailed diary of the deliverance.<ref name="Terry D. Cooper, Cindy K. Epperson - Stipulations"/>   

#Rev. Bowdern was not to disclose his position and the location of the ritual, the fifth floor of Alexian Brothers Hospital.<ref name="Terry D. Cooper, Cindy K. Epperson - Stipulations">{{cite book|url =https://books.google.com/books?id=DXHqjYs3l5kC&pg=PA25&dq=Robbie++exorcism&lr=&cd=1#v=onepage&q=Robbie%20%20exorcism&f=false|title= Evil: Satan, Sin, and Psychology |quote= First, Bowdern himself would conduct the exorcism (a decision Bowdern had not anticipated and didn't really want). Second, a tedious diary would be kept concerning all the activities that would accompany the exorcism. And third, Bowdern was to tell no one what he was doing.|publisher = [[Paulist Press]]|accessdate = 2010-04-02}}</ref>  

#Rev. Bowdern was not to disclose his position and the location of the ritual, the fifth floor of Alexian Brothers Hospital.<ref name="Terry D. Cooper, Cindy K. Epperson - Stipulations">{{cite book|url =https://books.google.com/books?id=DXHqjYs3l5kC&pg=PA25&dq=Robbie++exorcism&lr=&cd=1#v=onepage&q=Robbie%20%20exorcism&f=false|title= Evil: Satan, Sin, and Psychology |quote= First, Bowdern himself would conduct the exorcism (a decision Bowdern had not anticipated and didn't really want). Second, a tedious diary would be kept concerning all the activities that would accompany the exorcism. And third, Bowdern was to tell no one what he was doing.|publisher = [[Paulist Press]]|accessdate = 2010-04-02}}</ref>  

Before the exorcism ritual began, [[Walter Halloran|Rev. Walter Halloran]] was called to the psychiatric wing of the hospital, where he was asked to assist Rev. Bowdern in the deliverance.<ref name="Washington Post">{{cite web|url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18767-2005Mar8.html|title =Jesuit Priest Walter Halloran|quote= Father Halloran was the last living Jesuit who assisted in the exorcism in 1949 at a psychiatric unit in St. Louis. Father Halloran was a 27-year-old Jesuit scholastic at St. Louis University when a priest called him to the psychiatric wing at Alexian Brothers hospital. The Rev. William S. Bowdern was trying to help a 14-year-old boy from Mount Rainier who he believed was possessed by a demon, and he needed a strong man to help control the boy. A third Jesuit, the Rev. William Van Roo, also was there. "The little boy would go into a seizure and get quite violent," Father Halloran told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch in 1988. "So Father Bowdern asked me to hold him. Yes, he did break my nose." Father Halloran said he saw streaks and arrows and such words as "hell" on the boy's skin. Father Halloran told a reporter that the boy went on to lead "a rather ordinary life." A news account of the incident inspired William Peter Blatty to write his 1971 bestseller, "The Exorcist," which led to the movie in 1973. Blatty's story featured a 12-year-old girl played by Linda Blair.|publisher =The Washington Post|accessdate = 2007-12-31}}</ref>  Rev. William Van Roo, third Jesuit priest, was also there to assist Rev. Bowdern in casting out the [[unclean spirit]]s from Mannheim.<ref name="Washington Post">{{cite web|url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18767-2005Mar8.html|title =Jesuit Priest Walter Halloran|quote= Father Halloran was the last living Jesuit who assisted in the exorcism in 1949 at a psychiatric unit in St. Louis. Father Halloran was a 27-year-old Jesuit scholastic at St. Louis University when a priest called him to the psychiatric wing at Alexian Brothers hospital. The Rev. William S. Bowdern was trying to help a 14-year-old boy from Mount Rainier who he believed was possessed by a demon, and he needed a strong man to help control the boy. A third Jesuit, the Rev. William Van Roo, also was there. "The little boy would go into a seizure and get quite violent," Father Halloran told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch in 1988. "So Father Bowdern asked me to hold him. Yes, he did break my nose." Father Halloran said he saw streaks and arrows and such words as "hell" on the boy's skin. Father Halloran told a reporter that the boy went on to lead "a rather ordinary life." A news account of the incident inspired William Peter Blatty to write his 1971 bestseller, "The Exorcist," which led to the movie in 1973. Blatty's story featured a 12-year-old girl played by Linda Blair.|publisher =The Washington Post|accessdate = 2007-12-31}}</ref> During the exorcism, Ronald spat in the eyes of the pastors, despite the fact that his eyes were closed.<ref name="Sue Lim - Thook">{{cite book|url =https://books.google.com/books?id=_ZH_CdJpxoUC&pg=PA98&dq=Phyllis+Mannheim&lr=&cd=2#v=onepage&q=Phyllis%20Mannheim&f=false|title= Good Spirits, Bad Spirits: How to Distinguish Between Them|quote= While possessed, Robbie with his eyes closed was able to repeatedly and accurately spit on the faces of those around him. The spirits having the use of their own invisible yes, did not need Robbie's in order to have him spit on those standing around his bed in an attempt to prevent their own eviction from his body.|publisher = Writers Club Press|accessdate = 2010-04-02}}</ref> Rev. Halloran stated that during this scene of [[spiritual warfare]], Ronald's hospital bed shook disturbingly, a vessel of [[holy water]] went soaring through the air, and words such as "[[evil]]" and "[[hell]]", along with other various marks, appeared on the teenager's body.<ref name="Washington Post"/><ref name="Emissary - Observations during Deliverance Ritual">{{cite book|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=q469xc7mbksC&pg=PA69&dq=Walter+Halloran+exorcism+ouija&lr=&cd=13#v=onepage&q=Walter%20Halloran%20exorcism%20ouija&f=false| title = A Faraway Ancient Country|quote=Halloran recalls that the hospital bed began shaking violently as holy water was sprinkled on the youth and that at one point, a bottle of holy water went sailing in mid air, just missing his head. Another vivid memory the Father Halloran has was of the word "evil" appearing on the teen's body during one prayer session, saying that it was a definite word, not some phenomenon up for personal interpretation. The demon, when asked when it would leave, told Bowdern and Halloran that it would only do so when the boy uttered the proper words. At last the teenager said, Christus, Domini or "Christ, Lord." At that moment, the whole hospital echoed with a thunderclap. Then boy told them, "It's over. It's over."|publisher = [[Lulu (company)|Lulu]]|accessdate = 2010-03-27}}</ref>  Moreover, Ronald broke Rev. Halloran's nose during the process.<ref name="Washington Post"/> Ronald Hunkeler, while being exorcised, also often shouted in an abnormal tone of voice, which was unlike his normal tone of voice.<ref name="Dr. Mehra Shrikhande - Voice">{{cite book|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=SpeXY898fkYC&pg=PA129&dq=Luther+Miles+Schulze&cd=4#v=onepage&q=Luther%20Miles%20Schulze&f=false|title = Paranormal Experiences |quote= During such times the boy would tremble violently and shout in a voice that was not in anyway like his normal one.|publisher =Unicorn Books|accessdate = 20107-04-04}}</ref> In total, the [[Roman Ritual|exorcism ritual]] to cast out demons from the boy's body were performed thirty times over a period of two months.<ref name="Dr. Mehra Shrikhande - Duration">{{cite book|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=SpeXY898fkYC&pg=PA129&dq=Luther+Miles+Schulze&cd=4#v=onepage&q=Luther%20Miles%20Schulze&f=false|title = Paranormal Experiences |quote= Finally, Father William Bowdern stayed with the boy for two months and performed the ritual of exorcism thirty times. |publisher =Unicorn Books|accessdate = 20107-04-04}}</ref> On 10 March 1949, Fr. Bowdern wrote in his private diary that "Hunkeler entered a trance-like state as 14 witnesses watched during one of his exorcisms."<ref name="Yang2021"/> The clerics, asked the demons when they would flee, who responded to Rev. Bowdern and Rev. Halloran that they would depart when the Ronald uttered the proper words.<ref name="Emissary - Observations during Deliverance Ritual">{{cite book|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=q469xc7mbksC&pg=PA69&dq=Walter+Halloran+exorcism+ouija&lr=&cd=13#v=onepage&q=Walter%20Halloran%20exorcism%20ouija&f=false| title = A Faraway Ancient Country|quote=Halloran recalls that the hospital bed began shaking violently as holy water was sprinkled on the youth and that at one point, a bottle of holy water went sailing in mid air, just missing his head. Another vivid memory the Father Halloran has was of the word "evil" appearing on the teen's body during one prayer session, saying that it was a definite word, not some phenomenon up for personal interpretation. The demon, when asked when it would leave, told Bowdern and Halloran that it would only do so when the boy uttered the proper words. At last the teenager said, Christus, Domini or "Christ, Lord." At that moment, the whole hospital echoed with a thunderclap. Then boy told them, "It's over. It's over."|publisher = [[Lulu (company)|Lulu]]|accessdate = 2010-03-27}}</ref> Eventually, Ronald Hunkeler said "Christus, Domini" or "Christ, Lord."<ref name="Emissary - Observations during Deliverance Ritual"/> When these words were spoken, there were reports of a loud noise, noted as a "thunderclap" or "shotgun" throughout the floors of the hospital.<ref name="Emissary - Observations during Deliverance Ritual"/><ref name="Terry D. Cooper, Cindy K. Epperson - Awaaz at Conclusion">{{cite book|url =https://books.google.com/books?id=DXHqjYs3l5kC&pg=PA25&dq=Robbie++exorcism&lr=&cd=1#v=onepage&q=Robbie%20%20exorcism&f=false|title= Evil: Satan, Sin, and Psychology |quote= When the exorcism was completed, there were reports of a very loud noise, like a shotgun going off, throughout the hospital. Even people who had no idea that an exorcism was occurring on the fifth floor reported the noise. After the exorcism was finished, the room was shut off and sealed so that no one would reenter it.|publisher = [[Paulist Press]]|accessdate = 2010-04-02}}</ref> After this pandemonium, Ronald Hunkeler declared "It's over. It's over."<ref name="Emissary - Observations during Deliverance Ritual"/> The room of Alexian Brothers Hospital in which the deliverance was performed was then sealed off in order that none would be able to reenter that area.<ref name="Terry D. Cooper, Cindy K. Epperson - Awaaz at Conclusion">{{cite book|url =https://books.google.com/books?id=DXHqjYs3l5kC&pg=PA25&dq=Robbie++exorcism&lr=&cd=1#v=onepage&q=Robbie%20%20exorcism&f=false|title= Evil: Satan, Sin, and Psychology |quote= When the exorcism was completed, there were reports of a very loud noise, like a shotgun going off, throughout the hospital. Even people who had no idea that an exorcism was occurring on the fifth floor reported the noise. After the exorcism was finished, the room was shut off and sealed so that no one would reenter it.|publisher = [[Paulist Press]]|accessdate = 2010-04-02}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Inspiration for the movie 'The Exorcist' has been identified as former NASA engineer |url=https://nationalpost.com/news/world/inspiration-for-the-movie-the-exorcist-has-been-identified-as-former-nasa-engineer |publisher=[[National Post]] |language=English |date=December 22, 2021}}</ref>

Before the exorcism ritual began, Rev. Walter Halloran was called to the psychiatric wing of the hospital, where he was asked to assist Rev. Bowdern in the deliverance.<ref name="Washington Post">{{cite web|url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18767-2005Mar8.html|title =Jesuit Priest Walter Halloran|quote= Father Halloran was the last living Jesuit who assisted in the exorcism in 1949 at a psychiatric unit in St. Louis. Father Halloran was a 27-year-old Jesuit scholastic at St. Louis University when a priest called him to the psychiatric wing at Alexian Brothers hospital. The Rev. William S. Bowdern was trying to help a 14-year-old boy from Mount Rainier who he believed was possessed by a demon, and he needed a strong man to help control the boy. A third Jesuit, the Rev. William Van Roo, also was there. "The little boy would go into a seizure and get quite violent," Father Halloran told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch in 1988. "So Father Bowdern asked me to hold him. Yes, he did break my nose." Father Halloran said he saw streaks and arrows and such words as "hell" on the boy's skin. Father Halloran told a reporter that the boy went on to lead "a rather ordinary life." A news account of the incident inspired William Peter Blatty to write his 1971 bestseller, "The Exorcist," which led to the movie in 1973. Blatty's story featured a 12-year-old girl played by Linda Blair.|publisher =The Washington Post|accessdate = 2007-12-31}}</ref>  Rev. William Van Roo, third Jesuit priest, was also there to assist Rev. Bowdern in casting out the unclean spirits from Mannheim.<ref name="Washington Post">{{cite web|url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18767-2005Mar8.html|title =Jesuit Priest Walter Halloran|quote= Father Halloran was the last living Jesuit who assisted in the exorcism in 1949 at a psychiatric unit in St. Louis. Father Halloran was a 27-year-old Jesuit scholastic at St. Louis University when a priest called him to the psychiatric wing at Alexian Brothers hospital. The Rev. William S. Bowdern was trying to help a 14-year-old boy from Mount Rainier who he believed was possessed by a demon, and he needed a strong man to help control the boy. A third Jesuit, the Rev. William Van Roo, also was there. "The little boy would go into a seizure and get quite violent," Father Halloran told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch in 1988. "So Father Bowdern asked me to hold him. Yes, he did break my nose." Father Halloran said he saw streaks and arrows and such words as "hell" on the boy's skin. Father Halloran told a reporter that the boy went on to lead "a rather ordinary life." A news account of the incident inspired William Peter Blatty to write his 1971 bestseller, "The Exorcist," which led to the movie in 1973. Blatty's story featured a 12-year-old girl played by Linda Blair.|publisher =The Washington Post|accessdate = 2007-12-31}}</ref> During the exorcism, Ronald spat in the eyes of the pastors, despite the fact that his eyes were closed.<ref name="Sue Lim - Thook">{{cite book|url =https://books.google.com/books?id=_ZH_CdJpxoUC&pg=PA98&dq=Phyllis+Mannheim&lr=&cd=2#v=onepage&q=Phyllis%20Mannheim&f=false|title= Good Spirits, Bad Spirits: How to Distinguish Between Them|quote= While possessed, Robbie with his eyes closed was able to repeatedly and accurately spit on the faces of those around him. The spirits having the use of their own invisible yes, did not need Robbie's in order to have him spit on those standing around his bed in an attempt to prevent their own eviction from his body.|publisher = Writers Club Press|accessdate = 2010-04-02}}</ref> Rev. Halloran stated that during this scene of spiritual warfare, Ronald's hospital bed shook disturbingly, a vessel of [[holy water]] went soaring through the air, and words such as "[[evil]]" and "[[hell]]", along with other various marks, appeared on the teenager's body.<ref name="Washington Post"/><ref name="Emissary - Observations during Deliverance Ritual">{{cite book|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=q469xc7mbksC&pg=PA69&dq=Walter+Halloran+exorcism+ouija&lr=&cd=13#v=onepage&q=Walter%20Halloran%20exorcism%20ouija&f=false| title = A Faraway Ancient Country|quote=Halloran recalls that the hospital bed began shaking violently as holy water was sprinkled on the youth and that at one point, a bottle of holy water went sailing in mid air, just missing his head. Another vivid memory the Father Halloran has was of the word "evil" appearing on the teen's body during one prayer session, saying that it was a definite word, not some phenomenon up for personal interpretation. The demon, when asked when it would leave, told Bowdern and Halloran that it would only do so when the boy uttered the proper words. At last the teenager said, Christus, Domini or "Christ, Lord." At that moment, the whole hospital echoed with a thunderclap. Then boy told them, "It's over. It's over."|publisher = [[Lulu (company)|Lulu]]|accessdate = 2010-03-27}}</ref>  Moreover, Ronald broke Rev. Halloran's nose during the process.<ref name="Washington Post"/> Ronald Hunkeler, while being exorcised, also often shouted in an abnormal tone of voice, which was unlike his normal tone of voice.<ref name="Dr. Mehra Shrikhande - Voice">{{cite book|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=SpeXY898fkYC&pg=PA129&dq=Luther+Miles+Schulze&cd=4#v=onepage&q=Luther%20Miles%20Schulze&f=false|title = Paranormal Experiences |quote= During such times the boy would tremble violently and shout in a voice that was not in anyway like his normal one.|publisher =Unicorn Books|accessdate = 20107-04-04}}</ref> In total, the exorcism ritual to cast out demons from the boy's body were performed thirty times over a period of two months.<ref name="Dr. Mehra Shrikhande - Duration">{{cite book|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=SpeXY898fkYC&pg=PA129&dq=Luther+Miles+Schulze&cd=4#v=onepage&q=Luther%20Miles%20Schulze&f=false|title = Paranormal Experiences |quote= Finally, Father William Bowdern stayed with the boy for two months and performed the ritual of exorcism thirty times. |publisher =Unicorn Books|accessdate = 20107-04-04}}</ref> On 10 March 1949, Fr. Bowdern wrote in his private diary that "Hunkeler entered a trance-like state as 14 witnesses watched during one of his exorcisms."<ref name="Yang2021"/> The clerics, asked the demons when they would flee, who responded to Rev. Bowdern and Rev. Halloran that they would depart when the Ronald uttered the proper words.<ref name="Emissary - Observations during Deliverance Ritual">{{cite book|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=q469xc7mbksC&pg=PA69&dq=Walter+Halloran+exorcism+ouija&lr=&cd=13#v=onepage&q=Walter%20Halloran%20exorcism%20ouija&f=false| title = A Faraway Ancient Country|quote=Halloran recalls that the hospital bed began shaking violently as holy water was sprinkled on the youth and that at one point, a bottle of holy water went sailing in mid air, just missing his head. Another vivid memory the Father Halloran has was of the word "evil" appearing on the teen's body during one prayer session, saying that it was a definite word, not some phenomenon up for personal interpretation. The demon, when asked when it would leave, told Bowdern and Halloran that it would only do so when the boy uttered the proper words. At last the teenager said, Christus, Domini or "Christ, Lord." At that moment, the whole hospital echoed with a thunderclap. Then boy told them, "It's over. It's over."|publisher = [[Lulu (company)|Lulu]]|accessdate = 2010-03-27}}</ref> Eventually, Ronald Hunkeler said "Christus, Domini" or "Christ, Lord."<ref name="Emissary - Observations during Deliverance Ritual"/> When these words were spoken, there were reports of a loud noise, noted as a "thunderclap" or "shotgun" throughout the floors of the hospital.<ref name="Emissary - Observations during Deliverance Ritual"/><ref name="Terry D. Cooper, Cindy K. Epperson - Awaaz at Conclusion">{{cite book|url =https://books.google.com/books?id=DXHqjYs3l5kC&pg=PA25&dq=Robbie++exorcism&lr=&cd=1#v=onepage&q=Robbie%20%20exorcism&f=false|title= Evil: Satan, Sin, and Psychology |quote= When the exorcism was completed, there were reports of a very loud noise, like a shotgun going off, throughout the hospital. Even people who had no idea that an exorcism was occurring on the fifth floor reported the noise. After the exorcism was finished, the room was shut off and sealed so that no one would reenter it.|publisher = [[Paulist Press]]|accessdate = 2010-04-02}}</ref> After this pandemonium, Ronald Hunkeler declared "It's over. It's over."<ref name="Emissary - Observations during Deliverance Ritual"/> The room of Alexian Brothers Hospital in which the deliverance was performed was then sealed off in order that none would be able to reenter that area.<ref name="Terry D. Cooper, Cindy K. Epperson - Awaaz at Conclusion">{{cite book|url =https://books.google.com/books?id=DXHqjYs3l5kC&pg=PA25&dq=Robbie++exorcism&lr=&cd=1#v=onepage&q=Robbie%20%20exorcism&f=false|title= Evil: Satan, Sin, and Psychology |quote= When the exorcism was completed, there were reports of a very loud noise, like a shotgun going off, throughout the hospital. Even people who had no idea that an exorcism was occurring on the fifth floor reported the noise. After the exorcism was finished, the room was shut off and sealed so that no one would reenter it.|publisher = [[Paulist Press]]|accessdate = 2010-04-02}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Inspiration for the movie 'The Exorcist' has been identified as former NASA engineer |url=https://nationalpost.com/news/world/inspiration-for-the-movie-the-exorcist-has-been-identified-as-former-nasa-engineer |publisher=[[National Post]] |language=English |date=December 22, 2021}}</ref>

== Later life ==

== Later life ==