# Archbishop performs exorcism to cleanse protest site **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 18, 2020, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archbishop-performs-exorcism-to-cleanse-protest-site/923285 "2020-10-18T20:05:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2020, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archbishop-performs-exorcism-to-cleanse-protest-site/923285/1 "2020-10-18T20:05:07Z")
> **[Archbishop performs exorcism to cleanse protest site](https://news.yahoo.com/archbishop-performs-exorcism-cleanse-protest-211606496.html)** > > The archbishop of San Francisco performed a short exorcism ceremony Saturday outside a Catholic church where protesters had earlier toppled a statue of Father Junipero Serra, saying the ceremony was intended to drive out evil and defend the image of... In a nutshell, the statue of Father Serra, the guy credited with bringing Catholicism to the west coast, was torn down by protesters. Apparently, they had issues with the way the good Father mistreated Native Americans for not drinking the Koolaid. So, the Archibishop gathered 150 followers into the church where the statue was toppled and _exorcised the site._ Consensus has it that the ritual was more for a ceremonial purpose, like when new land is about to be used for religious purposes. “Bless this land, evil spirits begone, yadayadayada.” However, I’m pretty sure some enterprising priests saw this as an opportunity to scare their worshippers straight by portraying the protesters as evil and servants of the devil. This quote at the end made me LOLWHUT? > Blockquote "Cordileone said prayers in Latin, remarking that “the experts in the field tell me that Latin tends to be more effective against the devil because he doesn’t like the language of the church.” I can just envision Ol’ Scratch screaming “Argggh! I can’t stand Latin! I’m leaving!” ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2020, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archbishop-performs-exorcism-to-cleanse-protest-site/923285/2 "2020-10-18T20:08:48Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Blockquote "Cordileone said prayers in Latin, remarking that “the experts in the field tell me that Latin tends to be more effective against the devil because he doesn’t like the language of the church.” Time to start speaking in Latin to the Cheeto-in-Chief. Pretty sure Stephen Colbert can do that, good ol’ catlicker boy and all. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2020, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archbishop-performs-exorcism-to-cleanse-protest-site/923285/3 "2020-10-18T20:13:30Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > I can just envision Ol’ Scratch screaming “Argggh! I can’t stand Latin! I’m leaving!” Worked on me in high school. I took the easy way out and had four years of German instead. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2020, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archbishop-performs-exorcism-to-cleanse-protest-site/923285/4 "2020-10-18T20:51:44Z")
> [@BippityBoppityBoo](#): > > > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > > > Blockquote "Cordileone said prayers in Latin, remarking that “the experts in the field tell me that Latin tends to be more effective against the devil because he doesn’t like the language of the church.” > > Time to start speaking in Latin to the Cheeto-in-Chief. Pretty sure Stephen Colbert can do that, good ol’ catlicker boy and all. You know who else is a good Catholic boy? ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2020, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archbishop-performs-exorcism-to-cleanse-protest-site/923285/5 "2020-10-18T20:56:01Z")
Yep. I would trust him too. I’m sure he’ll do a full circuit of the White House blessing the place the afternoon of Jan 20th. It will sure need it. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2020, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archbishop-performs-exorcism-to-cleanse-protest-site/923285/6 "2020-10-18T23:40:48Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > Worked on me in high school. I took the easy way out and had four years of German instead. At the risk of Godwinizing, you learned the language of Hitler! ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2020, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archbishop-performs-exorcism-to-cleanse-protest-site/923285/7 "2020-10-19T14:14:03Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > > > I can just envision Ol’ Scratch screaming “Argggh! I can’t stand Latin! I’m leaving!” > > Worked on me in high school. I took the easy way out and had four years of German instead. I took a year of Latin. I thought it was much easier than Spanish.