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The Devil and Anneliese Michel: Exorcism on Trial Part 1

The Devil and Anneliese Michel: Exorcism on Trial Part 1

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The legal systems of Western societies have no place for, nor
consideration of, the offenses of the spiritual world. Neither
does the spirit world have regard for the laws of men. These
factors make the case of the death of Anneliese Michel so
fascinating, so compelling, so confounding and ultimately so
tragic, that it remains one of the benchmark legal cases for
determining negligent culpability in purported cases demonic
possession. Anneliese was a German girl who was known in life for
being very intelligent, shy, kind, generous and pious, but will
always be known in death as an unfortunate soul who experienced a
deteriorating malady so mysterious and devastating she ultimately
succumbed to starvation. But who, or what, is to blame? Was it
the severe affliction of an extreme case of epilepsy or Obsessive
Compulsive Disorder having gone untreated, or was it the
detestable work of the Devil himself?

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