WARNING Another Christian Copper charged with botched "child " at youth camp exorsim in Australia
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courts, with one notable exception.
In the early 1990s, three people were convicted of manslaughter in the
Victorian Supreme Court for killing the wife of a pig farmer in a
botched exorcism.
Joan Vollmer, 49, died of a heart attack in January 1993 after her
husband Ralph Vollmer and three other members of a breakaway Lutheran
sect performed an exorcism at the couple's home at Antwerp, near
Horsham.
Most Christian murders get away scott free and media wont report any
Christians as criminals regardless of how depraved or sadistic
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Cop charged with trying to exorcise boy's demons
By Andrew Dowdell
The Advertiser
July 07, 2009 12:00am
* Accused of exorcism at Lutheran camp
* 'Possessed' was 15-year-old boy
* The Advertiser: South Australian news
A POLICEMAN has been stood down after being charged with trying to
perform an exorcism on a teenager at a church youth camp in South
Australia.
Senior Constable Roger Sketchley, 28, has been charged with two other
adults over an alleged incident at a camp run by the Lutheran Church
in the Barossa Valley in April.
Sen-Const Sketchley and other adults allegedly restrained a boy, 15,
after he complained of stomach pains in an incident that allegedly
went for about 12 hours.
Sen-Const Sketchley was charged with false imprisonment and aggravated
assault.
An SA police spokesman yesterday confirmed Sen-Const Sketchley, who
was off duty at the time, had been suspended pending the outcome of
the charges.
All three accused have been released on bail to appear in Adelaide
Magistrates' Court on a date to be set.
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25742718-421,00.html
"The Lutheran Church does not endorse or encourage any actions which
are abusive or which results in the limitations or freedoms of any
individual," he said.
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Cases involving exorcism have rarely been brought before Australian
courts, with one notable exception.
In the early 1990s, three people were convicted of manslaughter in the
Victorian Supreme Court for killing the wife of a pig farmer in a
botched exorcism.
Joan Vollmer, 49, died of a heart attack in January 1993 after her
husband Ralph Vollmer and three other members of a breakaway Lutheran
sect performed an exorcism at the couple's home at Antwerp, near
Horsham.
MR AND MRS VOLLMER ran a small piggery outside Antwerp, near Dimboola
in western Victoria.
They were part of a ‘charismatic’ breakaway Lutheran sect with some
connection to the Salvation Army.
Meryle Blake said afterwards that her friend finally cracked under the
strain of her husband’s religious mania and parsimony. "The only place
he ever took Joan was to church", she said.
Vollmer telephoned his church associate John Reichenbach, who drove
over and diagnosed demonic possession. For the next three days, the
two men, along with Reichenbach’s wife Leanne, read the Bible over the
afflicted woman, sang choruses and commanded the demons to depart. The
exorcism team were joined by two more members of the church group,
including David Klingner.
They pinned Joan Vollmer to a mattress, oriented east-west so that
she could derive no strength from "evil spirits of the north".
The afflicted woman went through "dramatic mood changes" and her
stomach swelled up. Her husband said she was possessed by "eight or
ten" demons, including "the spirit of abuse", "the spirit of filth"
and Jezebel, who would try her hand at enticement. "At other times she
was Legion", said Vollmer, "the demon from the Bible with the strength
of 2,000, and she would be so powerful we could hardly hold her. Then
she was a pig and a dog and would make sounds and pull faces, and then
a shearer who spoke in a rough voice."
Finally, there were evil spirits called "Princess Joan" and "Princess
Baby Joan", who, Reichenbach told Vollmer, had attached themselves to
Joan’s womb when she was three and had been fighting to control her
ever since.
On Friday, 29 January, the amateur exorcists called in a reputed
expert, a tall, 22-year-old assistant greenkeeper at Melbourne’s
Ringwood Municipal Golf Club called Matthew Nuske.
It was his first exorcism, but he immediately took charge, ordering
that all Joan Vollmer’s possessions – even her garden plants – should
be destroyed.
For two hours, he shouted at her demons to depart. All did, except
Princess Joan and Princess Baby Joan, who were clutching each other in
her stomach and wouldn’t move.
The group all set about the poor woman, holding her down, pressing on
her stomach and holding her mouth and eyes open. She hissed, cried and
foamed at the mouth, actions interpreted as proof that the devils were
being routed.
Then, on 30 January, she gave a final groan and died.
Nuske told Vollmer "not to worry because God would bring her back to
life shortly".
He then departed, while the others remained praying over the weekend
– in sweltering 40 degree summer heat – for the corpse to revive.
"It didn’t happen", said Vollmer. On Monday they finally reported the
death.
In November 1994, Vollmer and Nuske were found guilty of unlawful
imprisonment, while Reichenbach and Klingner were convicted of
manslaughter.
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> Cases involving exorcism have rarely been brought before Australian
> courts, with one notable exception.
Another example of the stupidity of ANY/ALL religions.