A priest receives a
confession” from hell when a demonic entity manifested in the confessional.
“The Rite” is a book written by Matt Baglio which talks extensively about “exorcism” within the Catholic Church. Needless to say that within its pages are written many strange stories and anecdotes about supernatural encounters between members of the Catholic clergy and devils and demons during exorcism.
It should be understood that this book is non fiction. Many of these accounts are based on first hand experiences and eye witness accounts.
In one instance a priest was about to receive what can only be described as a real life confession from hell!
The story goes like this:
“One day while he (Father Daniel) listened to confessions at the shrine, a woman approached him and asked if he believed in demonic possession. Despite his lack of firsthand knowledge in the matter, he told her that he did. The woman responded, “Good, because I suffer from it and I want to confess.” Unsure what she meant, he nonetheless began with a blessing and continued to hear her confession. He could see immediately that something was amiss; she began to twitch and clear her throat repeatedly.”
Then things got worse.
All of a sudden she began to grunt and the word zitto, shut up, escaped her pursed lips. Then, when t came time for him to say his final blessing and absolve her sins, to his utter shock, all the muscles in her face contorted to such an degree that he could no longer recognize her. Next her jaw completely unhinged and dropping down, shifted over to one side of her face, giving the impression that her mouth had became 9 inches wide.
At whichpoint, Father Daniel nearly panicked but kept calm long enough to bless the woman in the name of jesus Christ, after she got up and bolted from the church.”
Source: “The Rite”, The Making of a Modern Day Exorcist, by Matt Baglio pg37-38.
See video: The Rite http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3EwcY7reNk and Exorcist Tells his story – Father Gary Thomas http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PV4FpKX5HNU
See related article: CNS Story: Real Possessions not that uncommon http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/0500960.htm