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Grown men writhing on the floor like snakes. Screams so loud the neighbours complain. The Mail investigates the unnerving world of the 21st century exorcists

Jane Fryer

Peter Lloyd’s entire body is shaking. His eyes roll back, his hands flap about like a couple of trapped birds and he lets out a gentle groaning sound. Two inches from his juddering face, a man in dark woolly jumper and smart corduroys is yelling at him. Or, perhaps more accurately, at something inside him.

‘Get out. Get out evil spirit and go to the pit,’ shouts Pastor Vincent. ‘GO TO THE PIT! Cowardly spirit, I sever you from Peter. Now GET OUT!’

And, with that, he peels back Peter’s right eyelid, glares into his glazed eye, jabs him hard in the stomach, bashes him on the head with a leatherbound copy of the Bible and starts shouting again.

Nov. 20, 2010

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