Monsignor Rubén Darío Jaramillo Montoya, the bishop of Buenaventura, Colombia, is planning to exorcise an entire city this weekend, sprinkling holy water from a helicopter.
He announced his plans after a 10-year-old girl was tortured and murdered in the city.
Monsignor Montoya now hopes to “restore the peace and tranquillity” that has been lost because of crimes including corruption,violence and drug trafficking.The bishop would say a prayer intended to purge the area of demonic infestation.
He told a local radio station: “We want to go around the whole of Buenaventura, from the air, and pour holy water onto it to see if we exorcise and get out all those demons that are destroying our port, so that God’s blessing comes and gets rid of all the wickedness that is in our streets.”
Colombia’s Army is reported to be providing the bishop with a helicopter for the aerial exorcism during the the feast day of Buenaventura’s patron saint. .
