Gay Exorcism VIDEO: Manifested Glory Ministries Defends Exorcising "Homosexual Demon" In Interview

Pastor Patricia McKinney of Connecticut's Manifested Glory Ministries went on CNN today to combat a controversy that has arisen over a video that was posted on YouTube showing her church performing a 'gay exorcism' on a young man. CNN showed the footage of the exorcism, and it is indeed quite a strange video.

Pastor McKinney said she agreed to the interview to to "let the world know out there that Manifested Glories Ministries is not against homosexuality. We do not hate them. We do not come up against them. We just do not believe in their lifestyle."

According to the pastor, her church believes heavily in spirits: "You have the alcohol spirit. You have the crack cocaine spirit. You have the adulterous spirit. Everything carries a spirit."

She said the man in the video walked into her church on a Sunday "six or seven months ago" and that "on this particularly sunday we were just beginning to worship the lord, and all of a sudden he hit the floor." They performed the "exorcism" and she said it worked because she's been in contact with the young man and that he's changed his lifestyle. Take that as you will.

Watch the interview and the "exorcism" below.

Comments

[BigOtter]

02:13 PM on 06/30/2009

I stand by her right to believe her craziness. It would be nice if she'd stand by my right to not have to live by her religion. But then again, she probably believes Jesus didn't give me that right. Fortunately, our constitution does.

[BigOtter]

02:09 PM on 06/30/2009

Can you say "animism"? The home-brew versions of Christianity seem to slide back into shamanism and folk religions.

[ramal]

06:46 PM on 06/28/2009

ALLS I am saying, is a mind is a terrible thing to waste.

[Huffymoose]

06:33 PM on 06/28/2009

This woman has a future as the new voice of the Republican party. Palin step aside, you timid centrist!

[XCITIZEN]

12:43 AM on 06/27/2009

Come to think of it, these maniacs should be the subject of an investigation. That's some serious cult BS going on there. What's happening to the kids in this group?

[XCITIZEN]

12:37 AM on 06/27/2009

Chrisitianity - I just have no need for it. There are many good Christians out there, but look at all of the insanity, the perversion, the abuse, the hypocrisy, the pedophilia. Look at the way they have infiltrated the military, the government, look at what our tax dollars are being used for - to murder non-Christian cultures.

Can you imagine, if they engage in this kind of behavior against gays, what they do to children in their church?

[Reighben Labilles]

10:03 PM on 06/26/2009

What that Pastor has proven is that Religion and Spirituality divorced from Reason and a true concept of Love breeds and empowers a dark and bigoted Religious world-view. The young gay man who wanted to be exorcised likely grew up in a repressive environment.

May God help him accept all of his identity. And may he, one day, come to realize that God is not the bigot, many of us are.

[Reighben Labilles]

09:49 PM on 06/26/2009

My faith in God is strong and none can shatter it. I am a gay man, living openly, living with my boyfriend, in my country. I may not be as brave as others who can be themselves anywhere they go, but when asked, I never deny who I am. And when need be, I am always ready to defend my fellow LGBT. I am deeply spiritual and connected to my God, yet I do not find homosexuality wrong or sinful or evil in anyway. Its bigoted society that makes it seem wrong because they know not what it is.

From what I understand of Christianity, despite its homophobic and other bigoted teachings, the focus is Love. And the challenge to those who call themselves Christian or Catholic is that they must focus on the teachings of Love and the Golden Rule, as it is the best guide to a life of peace and harmony within the Faith.

[MDinOK]

09:05 PM on 06/26/2009

I thought she was sincere in her response. She condemned not only homosexuality but adultery as well. As for the young man, he made the choice to go before the altar. It's not the person she's condemning but the act.

[Crass Innuendo]

02:20 PM on 06/30/2009

The act of being?

Well, I suppose christianity was going to descend into this sooner or later...

[GodIs]

08:55 PM on 06/26/2009

The Devil is a shapeshifter and the great deceiver. How can we ever know who is possessed by or in league with him?
The only way we could know is by a person's lifestyle. There is little question about a person who has adopted a sinful lifestyle.
Another way to tell whether someone is in league with Satan is by their unbelief. Non-believers are on the dark side and allied with the forces of decline. Repentance is necessary to be set free from demons and a minister must speak to the demon and order it to go.
God is love.

[XCITIZEN]

12:39 AM on 06/27/2009

Based on what you've said here, your God is not love, but abuse, hatred and discrimination.

[OlongapoEd]

10:12 AM on 06/27/2009

There are far too many people who clearly worship ev!l and call it g00d. Their concept of the "Dev!l" is a crude cartoon character. The real Dark One is their abus!ve "F@ther in He@ven".

[muadibe]

09:23 AM on 06/28/2009

What a bunch of n0nsense. I bet you believe in Santa and the tooth fairy too.

[MeloMaloPaulino]

08:21 PM on 06/26/2009

poor lady.... a victim of religion

[LiveLoveLaugh]

07:42 PM on 06/26/2009

It's good to have faith....but why did this young man even allow these people doing this to him?
Is it a church? then where is the LOVE and Compassion?

[PhillipP]

07:36 PM on 06/26/2009

So sad that in 2009 there are still people believing in "spirits". Might as well believe in the Easter Bunny and Santa Clause.

[amaraya]

08:55 PM on 06/26/2009

That would make more sense. When I wake up on Christmas/Easter morning, there's EVIDENCE of the Easter Bunny and Santa Claus! :)

[Mekarri]

09:22 PM on 06/26/2009

or god.

[larissa68]

07:26 PM on 06/26/2009

The wrong person got the exorcism here.

[KriTiKiT]

07:15 PM on 06/26/2009

there is a reason ex cons can't vote