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'''Reverend Father Celestine Kapsner O.S.B.'''  (April 29, 1892 - January 18, 1973), was a Benedictine Catholic priest<ref>Time Magazine, March 2, 1936</ref> and exorcist whose account of an American exorcism brought delivance to the attention of a large audience for the first time in the United States.

'''Reverend Father Celestine Kapsner O.S.B.'''  (April 29, 1892 - January 18, 1973), was a Benedictine Catholic priest<ref>Time Magazine, March 2, 1936</ref> and exorcist whose account of an American exorcism brought delivance to the attention of a large audience for the first time in the United States.

Father Kapsner attended Catholic University of America 1925-26 with an M.A. in theology.<ref>[Saint John's University Archives http://www.csbsju.edu/sjuarchives/hoffmann/suppl.htm]</ref> In 1934, he published a book entitled ''Mary Crushes the Serpent'' which he translated and was originally written by Rev. Theodore Geiger. It discussed Geiger's thirty years as an exorcist.<ref>[Mary Crushes the Serpent, Open Library http://openlibrary.org/b/OL17936038M/Mary_crushes_the_serpent]</ref> Father Kapsner also translated a 1928 account of an exorcism by Father [[Theophilus Riesinger]] from a German magazine and published it, as ''Begon Satan!'' in 1935.  

Father Kapsner attended Catholic University of America 1925-26 with an M.A. in theology.<ref>[Saint John's University Archives http://www.csbsju.edu/sjuarchives/hoffmann/suppl.htm]</ref> In 1934, he published a book entitled ''Mary Crushes the Serpent'' which he translated and was originally written by Rev. Theodore Geiger. It discussed Geiger's thirty years as an exorcist.<ref>[Mary Crushes the Serpent, Open Library http://openlibrary.org/b/OL17936038M/Mary_crushes_the_serpent]</ref> Father Kapsner also translated a 1928 account of an exorcism by Father [[Theophilus Riesinger]] from a German magazine and published it, as ''Begon Satan!'' in 1935 and Franz Sallinger's ''The Virtuous Life of Mary Lichtenegger 1906-1923'' in 1939.

Father Kapsner was stationed at St. John's Abbey at Collegeville, Minnesota, in the early 1960's. Among his duties and activities was being in charge of the garden. Kapsner was also known to have taken part in exorcisms.  

Father Kapsner was stationed at St. John's Abbey at Collegeville, Minnesota, in the early 1960's. Among his duties and activities was being in charge of the garden. Kapsner was also known to have taken part in exorcisms.