Thread by @jennmorson

Father Chad Ripperger and his assistant, Kyle Clement. A thread.

I’ve expressed my distrust of Father Chad Ripperger before and of all so-called celebrity exorcists. Exorcists are by their job description supposed to be quiet and unknown. (1/13)

Anyone who boasts of this role sets off my spidey senses. I grew up attending way too many “spiritual warfare” lectures listening to people like Mike Warnke (fraud) and Ken Roberts (laicized child abuser) detail all of their depravity to somehow prove evil exists. (2/13)

When Ripperger makes videos boasting that he’s gotten countless individuals to stop taking their bipolar meds because they were possessed, that’s dangerous. Saying women are in mortal sin for working outside the home without grave reason, laughable, but also dangerous. (3/13)

I want to address the latest addition to the Ripperger team: Kyle Clement. I first encountered Clement’s name in the police report on the Father David Morrier case in Steubenville, Ohio, when he served at @FranciscanU. You can read that here: (4/13)dropbox.com/s/cae2yj8rsnbw…

On Kyle Clement’s advice, members of the Steubenville community hid the victim at various locations around town because he said “she was going to be abducted and ritually sacrificed.” (5/13)

Kyle Clement advised Morrier over the phone during so-called deliverance sessions where the victim was subjected to being restrained by grown men, drenched in holy water, and held captive for hours in order to expel supposed demons from her. (6/13 )

He told Morrier that the victim was not properly baptized as a child, that the priest who performed the baptism was a secret Satanist, so her infant baptism was invalid. (Note: there is zero evidence to support this) He instructed Morrier to re-baptize her. (7/13 )

This is a violation of the Sacrament of Baptism and the rebaptism was never filed with the local diocese.

The police report also mentions “a judgment upheld against Mr. Clement for various things including fraud and statutory theft in the amount of $747, 505. (8/13)

There was also a financial matter in Texas involving several hundred thousand dollars. Clement’s appeal was denied: (9/13)law.justia.com/cases/texas/el…

So now Kyle Clement is Ripperger’s exorcism assistant. Their “ministry” charges thousands of dollars to train more priests and laypeople how to conduct exorcisms in hotel ballrooms. He also offers training sessions for other Catholic church groups including @E90Official. (10/13)

He also makes videos claiming that Cardinals, Bishops, and other priests are involved in what he calls Satanic RItual Abuse. link here: (11/ )

I understand the fascination with all of this. Our world is scary and sometimes it seems the only answer is that evil forces are afoot. But Kyle Clement and Father Chad Ripperger seem to be taking advantage of people for financial gain. (12/13)

Including a young woman in this video who was abused by a priest but is convinced that she was being groomed to become a Satanic High Priestess.

Call out this dangerous nonsense. It is distracting and often damaging. Save your money and your peace. And your parish. (13/13)