Celebrity exorcist loses job over UFOs remarks after drawing swift backlash
The priest has also reacted to the decision meted out by the Catholic Church over UFOs remarks
UFOs have gained much interest in pop culture recently after a batch of files was declassified by the White House.
A wave of speculation was kicked off.
But what was unexpected was the drama that erupted inside the Catholic Church.
It was when a well-known priest and exorcist, Monsignor Stephen Rossetti, claimed that the demons were behind the UFO sightings.
He posted a video where he alleged, “There’s a danger here. As an exorcist I wanted to raise that danger."
"And that is that demons like to hide," Rossetti claimed.
"They don’t want us to know what they’re doing because they’re more effective when we don’t realize it.”
He alleged, “They can kind of get into your head, you know, and manipulate things in the world to influence us to do evil.”
However, Rossetti in the video clip clarified that it was his "personal belief that probably many if not most of these UFO sightings are in fact demons."
In response, a swift backlash came from the Church itself.
Cardinal Robert McElroy, DC's top Catholic leader, distanced the Church from Rossetti's remarks in a statement.
“I ask forgiveness for any ways that I have not been faithful to the teachings of the Church’s Magisterium, particularly in the cited video on ‘aliens and the demonic.'"
“I believe it is of the utmost importance to be obedient to the Church and I will continue to endeavor to subject all that I do and the Center to be thus obedient.”
The Catholic leader also cut ties with Rossetti's St. Michael Center for Spiritual Renewal, an organization working on exorcism.
Soon after these hard-hitting decisions, Rossetti stepped back and issued an apology for contradicting the Church's official teaching.
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