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The Ottawa Journal from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada • Page 36

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36 Tuesday, May 20, 1975 The Ottawa Journal Deadly exorcism A model citizen becomes a murderer By KEVIN DOYLE LONDON (CP) Michael Taylor, a successful 31-year-old businessman, was known to bis Yorkshire neighbors as a responsible husband and father and a valued participant in community affairs. That was about a year ago. Now he is in a prison mental hospital, having bludgeoned to death his beautiful 25-year-old wife, Christine, and terrorized their five young children. He was later found by police wandering naked and bloodstained outside their village home and his subsequent trial at Leeds Crown Court became one of the most celebrated criminal cases in recent years. The Church of England has unwillingly been swept into the controversy and a whole range of occult practices covering exorcism, satanism and witchcraft are under searching public review.

Taylor's trial, at which he was found not guilty because of insanity, began quietly enough until defence lawyers made a bombshell revelation that Taylor had killed his wife only hours after leaving a church vestry where local clergymen and others had tried to exorcise, or drive out, demonic spirits they believed were possessing him. The evidence Indicated that late last year Taylor and his wife had joined an Innocent-sounding Christian fellowship group in their village near the mining centre of Barns-ley. At least one member of the group, however, was a worshipper of Satan and associated "evil spirits." Taylor became unstable and a friend took him to see Rev. Peter Vincent of St Thomas's Anglican Church in Vincent and his wife Sally were joined by Rev. Raymond Smith, a Methodist, and his wife, Margaret, Donald James, a Methodist lay preacher and a friend, John Eggins.

The group decided Taylor's spirit had been possessed by the devil and that they should perform the ancient Christian ritual of exorcism and purifi cation. The methods they used are unclear. In Protestant churches there are few hard-and-fast guidelines for exor-cism and purification, as there are in the Roman Catholic Church. But defence counsel Harry Ognall said the Christian Fellowship group was a collection of tormented people who fed neurosis to a stranger and within a few days had turned Taylor into a homicidal "In that condition he was subjected to grotesque and wicked malpractices posing in' the guise of religion. Had to confess "It (the exorcism) was supervised by members of two branches of the Church of England," Ognall said, "and he was made to confess sins of which he was innocent and was subjected to indignities which defy comprehension." Taylor had then felt compelled to kill his wife to expel some evil spirit he, believed was within her, Ognall added.

Vincent was later que; tioned at length by the Bishop of Wakefield on the exorcism but the bishop refused to force his resignation, saying that he still has confidence in him, although bis action bad been misguided. Nevertheless, all exorcisms In the diocese were suspended while a commission of inquiry examines the practice and the Methodists have launched a similar internal investigation. The case, however, has aroused broad public interest and a seemingly endless series of accounts of secret societies operating all kinds of spiritualist practices have been appearing. Some are just an excuse for jolly, sexy romp. Others are more serious and some are in many cases, it seems, exorcism has been a valuable Computer linked in bid to fight kidney failure SAN FRANCISCO (UPI) -The computer, mathematical theory and medical science have joined in an experiment that promises greately improved treatment for persons suffering from kidney failure.

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Daubed with blood "I was daubed with blood and had to make love to ball a dozen dirty old men. Most of the activities seemed to be used as an excuse for sex." Later she left the organlza- tion but "my flat always seemed to smell musty; no matter how hard I cleaned the smell wouldn't go away." ft Barbara then had a nervous breakdown, spent three months in a mental hospital and finally was referred to Rev. Christopher Neil-Smith, a 54-year-old minister at St Saviour's Anglican Church in London, who carried out an exorcism and apparently restored her sanity. "As I perform an exorcism of this kind," he said later, "I can actually smell an evil odor leaving the person's body." Serge Kordiev, a SS-year-old free-lance photographer and his wife, Anne, were not so fortunate. They too joined a satanist group, went through the sex-filled initiation and Serge suddenly found bis business started making money hand-over-fist tW I ii 1 1 I A I Clwte Ntatordnrft Charge American Express But they soon became disenchanted, left the group and Immediately their fortunes changed.

His business went flat overnight, his daughter found a tiny coffin containing an effigy of herself and the next day was killed In a motorcycle accident Exorcism provided no relief. Anne Kordiev believed she was possessed by devils, bad several nervous breakdowns and finally killed herself with a drug overdose. Books, pamphlets and news-paper articles containing these and similar stories have proliferated since the Taylor trial and, whatever the final outcome, they have provided a chilling insight into segment of society few Britons knew existed. A Beautiful Way to be Comfortable Wearing The shoei Jbat haw given tubllme comfort and extra firm support to thousands of oornfort.andl style conscious people. Be guided by the.

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