Priest (and former exorcist) Stephen Rossetti – Wiki Commons
Monsignor Rossetti is accused of undermining church teachings.
The Catholic Archdiocese of Washington, DC, has removed a well-known priest as an exorcist and cut ties with his nonprofit organization after public comments he made suggesting that UFO sightings were ‘the work of demons.
America’s top exorcist just lost his job over a UFO theory.
Monsignor Stephen Rossetti, the Archdiocese of Washington’s exorcist for 19 years, publicly claimed that most UFO sightings are demons capable of superhuman speed and movement.
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USA TODAY reported:
“Cardinal Robert McElroy, the Archbishop of Washington, said in a statement that Monsignor Stephen Rossetti of the Diocese of Syracuse, New York, had been removed as an exorcist. McElroy said statements Rossetti made ‘linking UFOs to demonic presence and the Center’s recent use of social media gravely undermine the Church’s very precise teaching on the devil, demons and exorcism’.
Rossetti, president and founder of the St. Michael Center For Spiritual Renewal in the District of Columbia, has been an exorcist in Washington for 19 years, according to his website. He wrote the book ‘Diary of an American Exorcist’. He is also a psychologist and worked in the psychological treatment of priests. He has led hundreds of ‘exorcism and deliverance sessions’, his website says.”
Exorcist Stephen Rossetti: “Most UFO sightings are likely Demons”
A Catholic Priest for the Archdiocese of Washington, he explains that demons hide to manipulate us more effectively. “Demons like to hide. They don’t want us to know they’re out… they can kind of get into… pic.twitter.com/qrbt7I3WzI
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“There’s no question in my mind personally… probably many if not most of these UFO sightings are in fact demons and they can do things that we can’t do.”
The Guardian reported:
“’There’s a danger here’, Rossetti said in a 29 May video posted on his Facebook page addressing UFO sightings and the existence of aliens. ‘As an exorcist I wanted to raise that danger. And that is that demons like to hide … They don’t want us to know what they’re doing because they’re more effective when we don’t realize it. They can kind of get into your head, you know, and manipulate things in the world to influence us to do evil. It’s my personal belief that probably many if not most of these UFO sightings are in fact demons’, Rossetti added.”
In the St. Michael Center website, a saddened Rossetti commented the action of the archdiocese.
“’I ask forgiveness for any ways that I have not been faithful to the teachings of the Church’s Magisterium, particularly in the cited video on ‘aliens and the demonic’’, he said. ‘I believe it is of the utmost importance to be obedient to the Church and I will continue to endeavor to subject all that I do and the Center to be thus obedient’.”
Exorcist Stephen Rossetti warns that tattoos can act as demonic portals.
Earlier today Cardinal Robert McElroy, Archbishop of Washington, fired Monsignor Stephen Rossetti from his job for saying aliens are demonic
“Tattoos… they can be demonic portals. For example, there are… pic.twitter.com/5utz6YSWrJ
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