Lawrence Kenny
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Father Lawrence Kenny (August 19, 1896 - January 1977) was a Roman Catholic Jesuit priest who was also an exorcist.
He participated in the exorcism, in St. Louis, Missouri, of a thirteen year old Lutheran boy who became possessed after using a Ouija board. This was the case on which William Peter Blatty based his novel The Exorcist. Father William S. Bowdern led the exorcism and fellow Jesuit priest Father Walter Halloran also assisted.
Father Kenny worked for years at St. Louis University where he was in charge of admisions for a time. He died in St. Louis, Missouri in January 1977.
[edit] External links
- Movie 'Exorcist' Got It Right, Say Priests Who Cast Out Demons
- Famous Cases: The Exorcist
- The St.Louis Exorcism Case!The Story that Became the Exorcist!
[edit] Related Books
- Possessed: The True Story of an Exorcism, Thomas B. Allen, 1993, ISBN 0-553-47177-5
