That usually shuts them up. Now he leans towards me and taps my hand confidentially. The secret is to find your demon's weak spot. Relief for the patient is always possible, but to completely rid a person of his demons can take many exorcisms over many years. For a demon to leave a body and go back to hell means to die forever and to lose any ability to molest people in the future.
All priests are murderers'.
I believe God sometimes singles out certain souls for a special test of spiritual endurance, but more often people lay themselves open to possession by dabbling with black magic. Some are entrapped by a satanic cult. Others are the victims of a curse. Father Amorth gives me a withering look. That is merely a sudden imprecation.